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Dublin Ireland-1961: Urban Street Bustles With Traffic And People On Beautiful

$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.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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Urban Street Bustles With Traffic And People On Beautiful — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Dublin, Ireland, in 1961 captures a bustling urban street scene on a rainy day. The clip opens with a view of a river and a town skyline, then transitions to a busy intersection with classic cars, pedestrians with umbrellas, and period architecture. The footage exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and film scratches, conveying a nostalgic, authentic mid-century atmosphere. The wet pavement reflects the overcast sky and surrounding buildings, enhancing the moody, historical ambiance of a lived-in city.

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
121311284

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

  • People visible: Yes
  • Minors 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
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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • river
  • lake
  • basin
  • trees
  • street
  • cars
  • pedestrians
  • town
  • urban
  • bustles
  • traffic
  • people
  • city
  • water
  • dublin ireland
  • 1961
  • 1961 Dublin Ireland
  • vintage 8mm film
  • rainy street scene
  • classic cars 1960s
  • pedestrians with umbrellas
  • wet pavement reflections
  • period architecture
  • Super 8 grain
  • film scratches
  • historical footage
  • urban life 1960s
  • Irish city life
  • retro street traffic
  • archival 8mm
  • home movie footage
  • nostalgic cityscape
  • 1960s fashion
  • vintage film color
  • documentary stock
  • editorial use

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for productions needing 1960s Dublin urban atmosphere, rainy street traffic, and brief home-movie city inserts for documentary or education edits.
Period detail
The frames show mid-century cars, pedestrians with umbrellas, wet streets, riverside buildings, and urban facades consistent with the supplied 1961 Dublin metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The camera observes from a visitor-like street and waterfront viewpoint, valuing ordinary movement of traffic and pedestrians rather than staged action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a river or basin, tree-lined waterfront, wet city street, classic cars, pedestrians, umbrellas, shopfronts, and multi-story period buildings.
Film character
The 8mm footage has soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, muted color, scratches, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, rainy-city transition, traffic cutaway, or memory beat within a mid-century Ireland sequence.
Historical context
The clip documents everyday urban movement in Dublin, with pedestrians, road traffic, and waterfront architecture seen during rainy weather.
Research note
People are visible at street distance, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are readable, and copyright clearance remains separate from visible-rights review.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1960s Dublin street footage, rainy Ireland home movie, vintage 8mm city traffic, and mid-century urban waterfront views.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Dublin 1961 street or waterfront material, then with rainy urban traffic and pedestrian scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Dublin home-movie view across a river or basin toward trees, waterfront buildings, and a distant hillside.
Riverside view toward Dublin buildings and distant hills.
Rainy Dublin street scene with mid-century cars, pedestrians on sidewalks, umbrellas, and urban building fronts.
Traffic and pedestrians move along a wet Dublin street.
1961 Dublin street view showing rain-dark pavement, parked and moving cars, pedestrians, and period commercial buildings.
A wet city street carries cars and pedestrians in rainy weather.
Soft 8mm view of a rainy Dublin street with a green car, pedestrians, umbrellas, traffic, and period architecture.
A green car passes through rainy Dublin street traffic.

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