Cleveland Ohio USA-1974: Cityscape Skyline From Across A Waterway

$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.

Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationCleveland, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Cleveland Ohio

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Cityscape Skyline From Across A Waterway — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Cleveland, Ohio, 1974, showing a high-angle view of a parking lot with a white motorhome and classic American cars. The scene transitions to a distant cityscape skyline across a dark waterway at dusk, with illuminated buildings and a prominent spire visible against the deep blue night sky. The footage exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a framed view through a window or railing, capturing authentic mid-1970s Americana and nostalgic travel memories.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121467810

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: 1974 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: Cleveland, 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

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

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

motorhome in a motel
parking lot with other cars
cityscape
skyline
waterway
san
francisco
1960s
buildings
landmarks
cleveland ohio USA
1974
1974 vintage home movie
Cleveland Ohio skyline
motorhome in parking lot
8mm film footage
retro American cars
1970s travel
night cityscape
waterway view
film grain
archival footage
nostalgic Americana
vintage 8mm
classic 1970s
historic footage
editorial use
documentary clip
old film
retro travel

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s documentary or editorial requests for Cleveland travel footage, urban skyline cutaways, and motel-era road-trip context from home-movie film.
Period detail: The parking lot motorhome, classic cars, dusk exposure, and Super 8 color response support a mid-1970s home-movie travel setting in Cleveland.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a high motel or window view of parked vehicles to a distant skyline across water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white motorhome, parked cars, painted parking lines, window or railing bars, dark water, Cleveland skyline, a tall spire, and dusk sky.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, blue-purple dusk color shifts, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory transition, or cutaway between road-trip lodging and Cleveland skyline material.
Historical context: The view places leisure travel infrastructure and an urban waterfront skyline in the same short home-movie passage without documenting a specific public event.
Research note: No people or obvious logos are visible, but location, building identity, copyright, and any property concerns should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1974 Cleveland skyline 8mm, Ohio waterfront cityscape home movie, 1970s motorhome parking lot, and dusk skyline across water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cleveland 1974 material, then broader 1970s road-trip, motel, skyline, or waterfront city views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Cleveland home-movie frame looking down at a parking lot with a white motorhome, classic cars, painted lines, and vertical window bars. — A white motorhome and parked cars seen from above through window or railing bars.

Distant Cleveland skyline across a dark waterway at dusk, with lit buildings, a tall spire, deep blue sky, and a dark foreground edge. — The city skyline appears across the water in dim evening light.

Wide 1974 Cleveland skyline view across a dark waterway, framed by shadowed edges and a dim foreground in blue dusk light. — A wide home-movie view holds on the skyline across the water.

Cleveland skyline across a dark waterway at dusk, showing scattered lit buildings, a prominent spire, and a dark structure at the frame edge. — The skyline remains distant, with the spire standing out against the evening sky.

Visually Similar Clips