diff --git a/files.py b/files.py
index c3e3d10..1da3ba4 100644
--- a/files.py
+++ b/files.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import hashlib
 import exifread
 import base64
 import numpy
+import cv2
 
 ################################################################################
 # Local Class imports
@@ -76,6 +77,42 @@ class FileData():
         except:
             return False
 
+    def generateVideoThumbnail(self, file):
+        #overall wrapper function for generating video thumbnails
+        frame = self.video_to_frames(file)[0]
+        fthumbnail = self.image_to_thumbs(frame)["160"]
+        return fthumbnail
+
+    def video_to_frames(self, video_filename):
+        #Extract frames from video
+        cap = cv2.VideoCapture(video_filename)
+        video_length = int(cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_COUNT)) - 1
+        frames = []
+        if cap.isOpened() and video_length > 0:
+            frame_ids = [0]
+            if video_length >= 4:
+                frame_ids = [round(video_length * 0.25)]
+            count = 0
+            success, image = cap.read()
+            while success:
+                if count in frame_ids:
+                    frames.append(image)
+                success, image = cap.read()
+                count += 1
+        return frames
+
+    def image_to_thumbs(self, img):
+        #Create thumbs from image
+        height, width, channels = img.shape
+        thumbs = {"original": img}
+        sizes = [160]
+        for size in sizes:
+            if (width >= size):
+                r = (size + 0.0) / width
+                max_size = (size, int(height * r))
+                thumbs[str(size)] = cv2.resize(img, max_size, interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+        return thumbs
+
     ##############################################################################
     # HACK: At present this only handles one path (need to re-factor if we have  #
     # multiple valid paths in import_path)                                       #
@@ -106,6 +143,7 @@ class FileData():
                         fthumbnail = self.getExif(file)
                     elif self.isVideo(file):
                         ftype = 'Video'
+                        fthumbnail = self.generateVideoThumbnail(file)
                     else:
                         ftype = 'File'