Dallas Texas USA-1956: Future Site Of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

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Year1956
Decade1950s
LocationDallas, Texas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1956 Dallas Texas

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Future Site Of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dallas, Texas, 1956, showing a weathered white sign for the future Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with a yellow cross and text identifying Rev. J. Benner Weaver as pastor. The scene transitions to a low-angle view of the church's bell tower under construction, wrapped in metal scaffolding against a deep blue twilight sky, with a cross silhouetted on top. The film exhibits natural grain, color fading, and slight motion blur typical of 8mm home movie footage from the mid-20th century.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120784561

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1956 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Dallas, Texas, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports documentary or educational requests for 1950s Dallas church construction, Lutheran congregational expansion, and mid-century religious-site establishing footage.
Period detail: The hand-painted church-site sign, named pastor, yellow cross graphic, and scaffolded bell tower are visible period clues consistent with the supplied 1956 Dallas metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, lingering briefly on the sign before tilting or cutting to the partly built church tower.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church future-site sign, yellow cross emblem, Rev. J. Benner Weaver pastor text, twilight sky, metal scaffolding, unfinished tower walls, arched tower opening, and rooftop cross.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld blur that give the footage its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for a sequence about church building, Dallas neighborhoods, religious institutions, or mid-century community development.
Historical context: The frames document a religious building project in progress, moving from public announcement signage to the emerging church structure without showing congregants or construction workers.
Research note: Review should account for the readable church name and clergy identification, religious subject matter, and possible copyright or property issues, while noting that no people are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1956 Dallas 8mm church construction, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church sign, Texas Lutheran church building footage, and mid-century religious home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Dallas 1956 material, then broader clips of church exteriors, construction sites, religious signs, or 1950s Texas community landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1956 Dallas home-movie frame showing a white future-site sign for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, with a yellow cross and Rev. J. Benner Weaver named as pastor. — Future-site sign for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Close 1956 Dallas frame of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church site sign, showing the yellow cross, large Lutheran Church lettering, and partially readable phone and pastor details. — Close view of the church site sign.

1956 Dallas frame showing the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church tower under construction, wrapped in scaffolding with a rooftop cross silhouetted against a deep blue twilight sky. — Scaffolded church tower with rooftop cross.

Later frame of the 1956 Dallas church construction scene, with the scaffolded tower, arched opening, and rooftop cross centered against the twilight sky. — Church tower construction at twilight.

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