Athens Ohio USA-1966: Industrial Plant At Night With Wires And Lights

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationAthens, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Ohio

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Industrial Plant At Night With Wires And Lights — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Athens Ohio USA in 1966 captures an industrial plant at night, bathed in a surreal purple hue. The clip features a large steel crane structure with visible machinery, ladders, and railings, set against a dark sky. Electrical wires crisscross the frame, and a prominent sign for the Bucyrus-Erie Company is clearly visible. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and a distinct color cast, offering authentic archival footage of mid-20th century industrial operations.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 120933897

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: 1966 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: Athens, Ohio, 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: This clip supports requests for 1960s American industrial footage, especially short editorial inserts showing heavy machinery, plant infrastructure, and night or dusk industrial atmosphere in Athens, Ohio.
Period detail: The 1966 8mm source, steel crane structure, exposed electrical lines, railings, ladders, and visible Bucyrus-Erie Company sign provide mid-20th-century industrial clues without establishing a specific facility beyond the supplied Athens, Ohio metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot or passerby perspective, looking up at industrial machinery from below rather than presenting a staged company film view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall steel crane or excavating structure, overhead wires, catwalks, ladders, railings, machinery housings, small greenish lights, and a Bucyrus-Erie Company sign.
Film character: The clip carries a strong purple color cast, soft focus, visible grain, scratches, gate edges, and handheld framing that mark it as scanned small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief industrial cutaway, establishing insert, transition into labor or infrastructure material, or atmospheric memory beat for 1960s heavy industry.
Historical context: The scene visually places heavy machinery and electrical infrastructure within a documented 1960s Ohio setting, emphasizing industrial scale rather than worker activity.
Research note: The Bucyrus-Erie Company branding is visible and should be reviewed separately from copyright status, while no people, faces, children, audible music, or private interiors are indicated in the supplied metadata or frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1966 Athens Ohio industrial plant footage, 8mm heavy machinery at night, Bucyrus-Erie sign archival film, and 1960s electrical wires crane structure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Athens, Ohio or 1966 industrial material, and then with broader themes of heavy machinery, power infrastructure, and small-gauge industrial home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-angle 1966 Athens, Ohio 8mm frame showing the upper section of a large steel industrial structure with cables, railings, ladders, and a purple dusk or night sky. — Steel industrial structure and overhead cables seen from below.

1966 Athens, Ohio frame with a diagonal crane or boom structure crossing the right side while multiple electrical wires stretch across a purple night sky. — Industrial boom and wires silhouetted against the sky.

1966 Athens, Ohio 8mm frame showing a Bucyrus-Erie Company sign on a dark industrial machine structure with railings, wires, and a small greenish light visible nearby. — Bucyrus-Erie Company sign on industrial equipment.

1966 Athens, Ohio frame showing the Bucyrus-Erie Company sign on a large steel industrial structure, with catwalk railings, small greenish lights, and overhead wires visible around it. — Industrial structure with Bucyrus-Erie Company branding and lights.

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