St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: The Glass House Sign

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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The Glass House Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 1962 home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, showing a weathered sign for 'The Glass House' in grainy 8mm film. The dark, textured sign with white lettering appears against a pale sky, with power lines and tree branches visible above. The shot begins as a tight close-up, then slowly pulls back to reveal the full sign mounted on a pole. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century American commercial life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 120813642

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: 1962 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 editorial requests needing a brief 1960s St. Paul commercial-sign cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The weathered roadside-style sign, overhead utility lines, muted color, and 8mm handling support a mid-century urban street detail, with the 1962 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The shot has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, lingering on the sign and pulling back slightly rather than presenting a staged business view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark rectangular sign reading The Glass House, pale sky, overhead wires, a sign pole, tree branches, and soft film-edge darkness.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, faded color, low contrast, handheld shake, and soft focus that give the sign an authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, commercial-district cutaway, transition, or memory beat for mid-century urban life.
Historical context: The sign offers a small visual record of local business identity and street signage in St. Paul without showing patrons, storefront interiors, or surrounding street activity.
Research note: The visible business name should be reviewed as a trademark or brand-identification issue, while no people, faces, children, audible music, or private interiors are visible in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1962 St. Paul 8mm sign footage, The Glass House sign, vintage Minnesota business sign, and home movie commercial landmark cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota street details, then with broader vintage business-sign and roadside-landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Tight 1962 St. Paul 8mm frame showing the dark textured sign for The Glass House, with pale lettering partially softened by grain and focus. — Close view of The Glass House sign.

1962 St. Paul home-movie frame of The Glass House sign, with faint pale lettering, overhead wires, and a pale sky behind it. — The Glass House sign with wires above.

Wider 1962 St. Paul 8mm view of The Glass House sign mounted near a pole, with utility lines, pale sky, and tree branches visible around it. — Wider view of the mounted sign.

End frame from the 1962 St. Paul clip showing The Glass House sign from farther back, framed by a pole, overhead wires, pale sky, and foliage. — Pulled-back view of The Glass House sign.

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