Decade collection

The 1960s Collections

Real 1960s footage, scanned in 4K from original 8mm and Super 8 reels. A decade of change on home film: family life, travel, city streets, and the fashions and cars that mark the era, shot by the people who were there.

/1960-collections

Stockfilm holds 68,146 clips filmed between 1960 and 1969, 50,334 of them licensable directly on this site at $149, scanned at 4K from 119 original home movie reels. 44,034 clips carry a city and 67,771 a country, across 53 countries; United States, France and Canada lead. Every clip page shows its year and the confidence level behind that date; a matched source reel appears where the catalog can pair the clip with a reel record by year and place, a candidate match rather than a digitization log, which about 46% of searchable clips currently carry. The 256 year and place collections below are the fastest way in; the tables list where and when the footage was shot.

Clips: 68,146
Direct at $149: 50,334
Source reels: 119
Countries: 53
Cities: 481
Years: 1960 to 1969

What people filmed in the 1960s

Subject counts come from the same keyword search the browse pages use, restricted to clips dated 1960 to 1969.

Where it was filmed

67,771 of the 68,146 clips carry a country and 44,034 a city. Each row links to the year and place collection for that place when one exists, otherwise to a search scoped to the 1960s.

Top countries, 1960s
Country	Clips
United States	50,714
France	1,672
Canada	1,376
Italy	1,218
England	1,020
South Africa	1,018
Kenya	822
Mexico	813
Ireland	781
Turkey	766

Top cities, 1960s
City	Clips
Camden, United States	2,426
Los Angeles, United States	1,699
Hagerstown, United States	1,289
Aspen, United States	1,282
Wauconda, United States	913
Cottonwood, United States	794
San Diego, United States	717
Paris, France	675
New York City, United States	673
London, England	605

Year by year

Clips per year, 1960 to 1969
Year	Clips	Direct	Collections
1960	4,244	3,206	Wauconda Illinois Camden New Jersey Michigan Italy Miami Florida Israel +13 more below
1961	7,483	5,654	Aspen Colorado California Michigan Camden New Jersey Minnesota Ireland +25 more below
1962	10,503	7,999	California New York Izmir Turkey Illinois San Diego California Florida +32 more below
1963	5,514	3,860	Barrington Illinois San Francisco California England Colorado Memphis Tennessee France +15 more below
1964	7,367	5,459	New York Camden New Jersey California Hawaii Wisconsin Pennsylvania +28 more below
1965	3,478	2,528	Minnesota Fallston Maryland New Jersey Long Island New York Saint Louis Missouri Duluth Minnesota +10 more below
1966	6,360	4,282	California Ohio New Jersey Hoboken New Jersey Spain Wisconsin +19 more below
1967	8,685	6,483	Colorado France Los Angeles California Ottawa Canada Paris France Rockaway Beach New York +25 more below
1968	4,924	3,506	Arizona Cottonwood Arizona Toledo Ohio Wauconda Illinois Ocean City New Jersey Scottsdale Arizona +6 more below
1969	9,588	7,357	California South Africa Sudan Nigeria England Minnesota +23 more below

Five highlights

The five 1960s collections with the most directly licensable clips, described by their own keywords.

1962 California
1962 California: 2,582 clips, 2,025 of them licensable directly, tagged animals, wildlife and sports.
Top seller: NORTH HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA-1962: Boy in White Shirt and Red Pants Climbing Tree $149 · Editorial only
1961 Aspen Colorado
1961 Aspen Colorado: 1,278 clips, 1,062 of them licensable directly, tagged snow, mountain and sports.
Top seller: ASPEN COLORADO-1961: Skiers on Snowy Mountain Slope $149 · Commercial
1968 Arizona
1968 Arizona: 1,431 clips, 971 of them licensable directly, tagged cottonwood, boys and dog.
Top seller: CLARKDALE ARIZONA-1968: Boy Playing in Mud in Backyard $149 · Editorial only
1969 South Africa
1969 South Africa: 1,018 clips, 892 of them licensable directly, tagged animals, wildlife and african savanna.
Top seller: SOUTH AFRICA-1969: Female Lion Walking Through Grass $149 · Commercial
1964 New York
1964 New York: 1,263 clips, 869 of them licensable directly, tagged sports, flushing meadows and baseball.
Top seller: GREENWOOD LAKE NEW YORK-1964: Suburban House with Tree and Front Porch $149 · Commercial

Formats and gauges

Two gauges meet in this decade. Reels from 1960 to 1964 are Standard 8mm, introduced in 1932. Super 8 launched in 1965 with a larger frame in a drop-in cartridge, and reels from 1965 onward can be either. A 50 ft Standard 8 reel runs about three to four minutes at 16 frames per second; a 50 ft Super 8 cartridge runs about three minutes twenty seconds at 18 frames per second.

Source reels behind the 1960s clips: 105 8mm and 14 Super 8. Every clip page links to its reel.

$149 flat license · royalty-free worldwide

Nothing is staged or AI-generated. Each clip is restored from the physical reel. Clips marked Commercial are cleared for commercial and editorial use; clips marked Editorial only are limited to documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use, and every clip page shows which applies. Browse the 1960s collection below and license royalty-free.

1960 Baltimore Maryland

1960 Bel Air Maryland

1960 Brighton Michigan

1960 Camden New Jersey

1960 Cheyenne Wyoming

1960 Dearborn Michigan

1960 Israel

1960 Italy

1960 Madison Wisconsin

1960 Sioux Falls South Dakota

1960 Wauconda Illinois

1961 Aspen Colorado

1961 Baltimore Maryland

1961 Buffalo New York

1961 California

1961 Camden New Jersey

1961 Clarkdale Arizona

1961 Covington Kentucky

1961 Dearborn Michigan

1961 Flagstaff Arizona

1961 Germany

1961 Hagerstown Maryland

1961 Hawaii

1961 Ireland

1961 Knotts Berry Farm California

1961 London England

1961 Los Angeles California

1961 North Hollywood California

1961 Novi Michigan

1961 Paris France

1961 Ridgefield New Jersey

1961 Salton Sea California

1961 San Diego California

1962 Anaheim California

1962 California

1962 Camden New Jersey

1962 Glendale California

1962 Moberly Missouri

1962 North Hollywood California

1962 Paris France

1962 Pasadena California

1962 Philadelphia Pennsylvania

1962 Raleigh North Carolina

1962 Rhodes Greece

1962 Rome Italy

1962 San Diego California

1962 Versailles France

1963 Barrington Illinois

1963 Bowling Green University

1963 Colorado

1963 Duluth Minnesota

1963 Lincoln Nebraska

1963 London England

1963 Memphis Tennessee

1963 Mississippi

1963 Munich Germany

1963 Nassau Bahamas

1963 Niagra Falls Canada

1963 Proctor Minnesota

1963 Russia

1963 Saint Paul Minnesota

1963 San Francisco California

1963 Walworth Wisconsin

1963 Warsaw Poland

1964 Albany New York

1964 California

1964 Camden New Jersey

1964 Clearwater Florida

1964 Cleveland Ohio

1964 Cottonwood Arizona

1964 Evanston Illinois

1964 Flushing Meadows New York

1964 Fort Worth Texas

1964 Greenwood Lake New York

1964 Harvard Illinois

1964 Hawaii

1964 Kansas

1964 Kingston Jamaica

1964 Lake Winnebago Wisconsin

1964 Michigan

1964 New York

1964 New York City

1964 Niagra Falls Canada

1964 Niagra Falls New York

1964 North Hollywood California

1964 Ohio

1964 Palm Springs California

1964 Pennsylvania

1964 Pequot Lakes Minnesota

1964 Saint Louis Missouri

1964 Troy New York

1964 Tustin Wisconsin

1964 Virgin Islands

1964 Volmer Yucaipa California

1964 Washington DC

1964 Williamsburg Virginia

1964 Wisconsin

1964 Yankee Stadium

1965 Arkansas

1965 Clarkson Nebraska

1965 Diller Nebraska

1965 Duluth Minnesota

1965 Fallston Maryland

1965 Hawaii

1965 Long Island New York

1965 Louisville Kentucky

1965 Saint Louis Missouri

1965 Stockholm Sweden

1965 Tangier Morocco

1965 Wellsburg Iowa

1966 Barstow California

1966 California

1966 Danville Illinois

1966 Des Moines Iowa

1966 El Monte California

1966 Georgia

1966 Hamel Minnesota

1966 Hoboken New Jersey

1966 Las Vegas Nevada

1966 Los Angeles California

1966 Madison Wisconsin

1966 Nevada

1966 New Jersey

1966 Norfolk Virginia

1966 Ohio

1966 Puerto Rico

1966 Saint Louis Missouri

1966 San Gabriel California

1966 South Dakota

1966 Spain

1966 Temple City California

1966 Us Virgin Islands

1966 Wauseon Ohio

1966 West Covina California

1966 Wisconsin

1967 Amsterdam Netherlands

1967 Brazil

1967 Brisbane Australia

1967 Brussels Belgium

1967 Calais France

1967 Colorado

1967 Colorado Springs

1967 Florida

1967 Fort Lauderdale Florida

1967 Lincoln Nebraska

1967 London England

1967 Los Angeles California

1967 Rockaway Beach New York

1967 Saint Petersburg Russia

1967 Sydney Australia

1967 Toronto Canada

1967 Trenton New Jersey

1967 Us Virgin Islands

1967 Yellowstone Wyoming

1968 Arizona

1968 Cottonwood Arizona

1968 Diller Nebraska

1968 Ely Nevada

1968 Honolulu Hawaii

1968 Lincoln Nebraska

1968 Moscow Russia

1968 Ocean City New Jersey

1968 Omaha Nebraska

1968 Scottsdale Arizona

1968 Toledo Ohio

1968 Wauconda Illinois

1969 Angola

1969 Arizona

1969 California

1969 Clarendon Hills Illinois

1969 Colorado

1969 Diller Nebraska

1969 England

1969 Fort Wayne Indiana

1969 France

1969 Holland Michigan

1969 Ireland

1969 Lake Canyon Arizona

1969 Lake Tahoe California

1969 Los Angeles California

1969 Saint Paul Minnesota

1969 Sarasota Florida

1969 Woodland Hills California

1960s collections by year and place

How to license 1960s footage

Every one of the 50,334 direct clips is $149 for a royalty-free, worldwide license with no expiry and no attribution required. Checkout delivers the 4K master file, and the clip page shows the source reel and date confidence before you buy. The licensing guide covers editorial, broadcast and commercial use in detail.

Frequently asked questions

How much 1960s footage does Stockfilm have?

68,146 clips filmed between 1960 and 1969. 50,334 of them can be licensed directly on this site at $149 each; the rest are listed through marketplace partners. The clips come from 119 original reels and the counts update as more reels are scanned.

Is 1960s footage in color or black and white?

Both. Of the 7,093 1960s clips whose keywords name a stock, 586 (8%) are tagged black and white and 6,507 (92%) color. Each clip page and preview shows the actual stock.

Was Super 8 used in the 1960s?

Only from 1965 onward. Super 8 launched that year, so reels from 1960 to 1964 are Standard 8mm and later reels can be either gauge. Of the 119 source reels behind this decade, 105 are logged as 8mm and 14 are logged as Super 8.

Can I license 1960s footage for a documentary?

Yes. The 50,334 direct clips are $149 each for a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license that covers documentary, news, streaming and education, delivered as a 4K master. Commercial use (advertising, branded content, broadcast promotion) applies only to clips marked Commercial; clips marked Editorial only stay editorial. Each clip page shows its status, and the licensing guide lists the full terms. Read the licensing guide.

How do you know the year a 1960s clip was filmed?

The year comes from the source reel and from what is on the film, and each clip page shows a confidence level for its date rather than an absolute claim. 44,034 of the 68,146 1960s clips also carry a city. The archive integrity page explains the method. Read about archive integrity.

Which countries does the 1960s footage cover?

53 countries and 481 named cities. The largest are United States (50,714 clips), France (1,672 clips), Canada (1,376 clips), Italy (1,218 clips) and England (1,020 clips). The tables above link every leading country and city to its own page.

How long are the 1960s clips?

Clips run from 4 to 59 seconds, with a median of 5 seconds. A 50 ft Standard 8 reel holds only three to four minutes at 16 frames per second, so home movies were shot as short scenes, and each clip is one of those scenes.

Which 1960s year has the most footage?

1962, with 10,503 clips, 7,999 of them licensable directly. The year by year table lists all ten years with their counts and links to the collections for each.