Bern Switzerland-1976: Cinema Sign Movie Theater Building

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationBern, Switzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cinema Sign Movie Theater Building — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Bern, Switzerland in 1976 captures a tall building with a prominent vertical sign reading 'HOTEL CASINO CINEMA' in white letters. The sign also features a smaller 'TRATTORIA La Pintea' advertisement below. The building exhibits a mid-century modern architectural style with a grid of windows and ventilation grilles. The film shows a slight upward pan, revealing the full height of the sign against a muted purple-blue color palette typical of aged Super 8 film. The footage has natural grain and a slightly soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, archival atmosphere of a European city street in the 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121473636

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

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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 (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Bern, Switzerland Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills a 1970s European urban exterior slot in documentary or commercial work needing a period cinema or hotel facade with authentic Swiss street atmosphere.
Period detail: The purple-blue emulsion shift, mid-century modernist building with louvered window bands, and stacked vertical signage style are consistent with 1970s Swiss urban streetscapes.
Home-movie behavior: Filmed from street level looking up at the building, suggesting a tourist or visitor drawn to the stacked signage as a distinctive local landmark worth recording.
What appears in frame: Multi-story modernist building, tall vertical HOTEL CASINO CINEMA sign in white on dark panel, secondary Trattoria restaurant sign, grid of rectangular windows, horizontal ventilation louvers, aged purple-blue film color, street-level entrance canopy, partial ground-level advertisement.
Film character: Heavy purple-blue emulsion shift from aged 8mm stock, visible grain, and slight softness lend the footage an unmistakably period texture that functions as authenticating archival quality.
Edit role: Serves as a location-establishing insert or brief cutaway in documentary work covering 1970s European cities, entertainment culture, or mid-century urban architecture.
Historical context: The co-location of hotel, casino, and cinema under one roof reflects a common mid-century European hospitality model; the Italian-named trattoria indicates mixed commercial tenancy typical of Swiss city centers.
Research note: Multiple legible commercial signs (HOTEL CASINO CINEMA, TRATTORIA, partial ground-level signage) require review by a clearance specialist; no people or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Likely matches researcher searches for 1970s Switzerland street footage, European cinema signage, vintage hotel facade, or mid-century Swiss urban building exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this Bern 1976 reel, then with Swiss or European city street footage from the 1970s, then with cinema-district or entertainment venue exteriors from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Upper section of a vertical HOTEL CASINO CINEMA sign on a mid-century modernist building facade, Bern, Switzerland, circa 1976, 8mm film with aged purple-blue color cast. — HOTEL CASINO CINEMA vertical sign, upper view, Bern, 1976.

Mid-section of HOTEL CASINO CINEMA sign with Trattoria restaurant sign below on a modernist building facade, Bern, Switzerland, circa 1976, 8mm film. — Vertical sign mid-section with Trattoria restaurant sign below, Bern, 1976.

CINEMA sign above Trattoria restaurant signage on a modernist building facade, Bern, Switzerland, circa 1976, aged 8mm film with purple-blue color shift. — CINEMA sign above Trattoria signage, lower building view, Bern, 1976.

Street-level view of building base and entrance canopy with Trattoria sign and a partial yellow advertisement, Bern, Switzerland, circa 1976, 8mm film. — Building entrance canopy and base with partial street-level signage, Bern, 1976.

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