Dublin Ireland-1961: People Gather Under Banner for Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationDublin, Ireland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Ireland

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People Gather Under Banner for Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Dublin, Ireland, in 1961 captures a bustling indoor gathering beneath a glass and steel arched ceiling. A large banner for the "1960 Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes" dominates the scene, with silhouetted figures of people standing in line or waiting. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, characteristic of home movie footage from the early 1960s. The setting appears to be a public hall or event space, with natural light filtering through the overhead skylights, creating a nostalgic and authentic slice of mid-century Irish life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 121310454

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: Yes
Minors 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: 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: Dublin, Ireland 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: 1961 Dublin home-movie footage suited to editorial requests for mid-century Irish public gatherings, sweepstakes activity, and crowded indoor civic or event spaces.
Period detail: The banner reading Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes, the glass-and-steel roof, and the 8mm color stock support an early-1960s public-event setting in Dublin.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from within or near the crowd, preserving an unstaged visitor perspective of people waiting beneath the sweepstakes banner.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a modernist exterior building, a crowded interior hall, silhouetted figures, overhead skylights, steel roof trusses, hanging lamps, and the sweepstakes banner.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, uneven indoor exposure, warm color, gate-edge darkness, and slight handheld blur that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or atmosphere cutaway for Irish public life, fundraising history, or memory-led Dublin sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows public attention around the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes without confirming the specific venue or purpose beyond the visible banner and crowd.
Research note: People and signage are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and contextual use should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Dublin 8mm footage, Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes crowd, vintage Irish public hall, and early 1960s Ireland home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Dublin 1961 material, then broader Irish public-gathering or lottery-related archive footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dublin 1961 home-movie frame showing a white modernist building exterior with broad windows, lawn, and overcast sky. — Exterior view of a white public-looking building before the indoor crowd sequence.

Dublin 1961 interior frame with silhouetted people beneath skylights and a large Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes banner. — People stand inside a skylit hall near the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes sign.

Dublin 1961 interior frame showing waiting figures, overhead glass, steel trusses, and sweepstakes signage. — People wait under a bright skylight beside the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes display.

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