San Diego California USA-1961: House Building Bottom To Top

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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House Building Bottom To Top — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1961 in San Diego, California, showcasing a stately early colonial Victorian building. The clip pans smoothly from the lower facade to the roofline, highlighting prominent white columns, red brick walls, and a distinctive gabled roof. A clock tower rises above the structure, adding a historic landmark quality. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century American architecture and suburban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120812964

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
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: 1961 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: 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: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1961 U.S. home-movie footage of mid-century exterior architecture in San Diego, shown as a short vertical facade study.
Period detail: The white columns, red brick walls, gabled roofline, balconies, and soft 8mm color may show a mid-century view of a colonial-revival or Victorian-influenced building exterior.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on architectural details rather than staging action or people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall white columns, red brick facade, rectangular windows, balcony railings, triangular gables, a round window, a palm trunk, and a small clock or tower feature.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and muted purple-red color shift typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief architectural insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition, or memory beat within a 1960s California sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents how a formal, columned building exterior appeared in a 1961 amateur film record, without visible pedestrians, vehicles, signage, or commercial activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but building identity, copyright in the footage, and any location or property concerns should be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1961 San Diego 8mm building exterior, vintage California columned facade, home movie red brick gabled building, and 1960s architectural cutaway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1961 San Diego exteriors, and then with broader vintage U.S. architecture or landmark-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 San Diego home-movie frame showing the upper facade of a red brick building with tall white columns, windows, balcony areas, and a palm trunk near the center. — Columned brick facade with upper windows.

1961 San Diego exterior view of a formal red brick building with prominent white columns, shaded balcony openings, and multiple rectangular windows. — Upper facade framed by tall white columns.

1961 San Diego frame showing a columned entrance section with a triangular gable, balcony railings, red brick walls, rectangular windows, and a small round window. — Gabled entrance section with columns and windows.

1961 San Diego home-movie frame showing the roofline of the columned building with a triangular gable, dormer windows, and a small clock or tower feature above the roof. — Roofline and small tower above the gabled facade.

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