Bern Switzerland-1976: Woman Stands On Sidewalk Next To Hotel Casino Cinema

Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationBern, Switzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Woman Stands On Sidewalk Next To Hotel Casino Cinema — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Bern, Switzerland in 1976 captures a woman standing on a quiet sidewalk in front of a tall, modern building. The structure features a prominent vertical sign reading 'HOTEL CASINO CINEMA' and displays a distinct mid-century architectural style with repeating window patterns. The woman, dressed in a light-colored coat and skirt, holds a dark jacket and stands near concrete planters with sparse greenery. The scene is bathed in the cool, saturated purple and blue hues typical of 1970s home movie film, with visible grain and a slightly overexposed sky. The camera remains static, offering a candid glimpse of urban life in Switzerland during the 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121473608

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1239 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: holy land trip,march,jerusalem,bethleham
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,zurich,switzerland
Date: 1976 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Bern, Switzerland Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills a 1970s Western European urban street scene slot for documentary or travel programs seeking authentic Swiss city footage with period atmosphere.
Period detail: The vertical 'HOTEL CASINO CINEMA' sign, brutalist multi-story facade, and the woman's light coat and skirt are consistent with mid-1970s European urban style.
Home-movie behavior: A solo female figure, likely a travel companion, posed candidly on a Swiss sidewalk, capturing the informal tourist-document register typical of family 8mm shooting.
What appears in frame: Multi-story modernist building with vertical hotel-casino-cinema sign, repeating rectangular windows, bare tree branches, concrete sidewalk planters, woman in light coat holding a dark item, yellow diamond commercial logos on ground-floor facade, pale overcast sky.
Film character: Heavy blue-purple color cast, visible film grain, and a mildly blown-out sky are hallmarks of 1970s 8mm color reversal stock, lending the clip an unmistakably period texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or cutaway in a documentary on 1970s European cities, or as a period-texture insert in travel or social-history productions.
Historical context: The mixed-use hotel-casino-cinema building reflects mid-century Swiss commercial development patterns; the woman's attire and cool-toned film stock situate the clip in mid-decade European daily life.
Research note: An identifiable woman appears in multiple frames and may require a model release for commercial use; commercial logos visible on the storefront facade should be reviewed for trademark considerations.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries such as '1970s Switzerland street,' 'Bern 1976 home movie,' '8mm European city sidewalk,' or 'mid-century Swiss architecture footage.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Bern trip; then with 1970s Swiss urban footage; then with broader Western European street scenes from the mid-1970s.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970s Bern, Switzerland: brutalist multi-story building with vertical HOTEL CASINO CINEMA sign, repeating window pattern, bare winter tree branches, 8mm color cast. — The Hotel Casino Cinema building facade on a Bern sidewalk, shot on 8mm home movie film circa 1976.

1976 Bern, Switzerland: woman in 1970s coat and skirt on a sidewalk beside raised concrete planters with greenery; commercial building facade with yellow signage at right. — A woman in a light coat stands near concrete planters on a Bern sidewalk, 1976.

1976 Bern street scene: woman in period coat near concrete planter, yellow diamond commercial logos and red-yellow shop signage on building facade behind her, strong blue-purple 8mm color cast. — The woman pauses near a commercial storefront with yellow diamond logos, Bern 1976.

1976 Bern: woman in 1970s attire beside a sidewalk planter, yellow diamond logos and storefront signage on facade, strong 8mm blue-purple color cast throughout. — Final frame of the woman near the same commercial storefront, Bern 1976.

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