Gainsville Florida USA-1974: Tall Building Surrounded By Palm Trees

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationGainsville, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Tall Building Surrounded By Palm Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Gainesville, Florida, USA, in 1974, showcasing a tall, multi-story residential building with numerous balconies. The structure is surrounded by lush palm trees under a bright blue sky, capturing a classic mid-century Florida resort aesthetic. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, with a person briefly visible on a balcony. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s suburban life and architecture, perfect for historical or editorial projects.

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: 122689173

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 1014 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1973-1974
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1974 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: Gainsville, Florida, United States 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: Suits documentary or editorial projects seeking authentic 1974 Florida high-rise architecture — usable for stories on Sun Belt growth, Florida resort development, or 1970s leisure culture.
Period detail: The building's repeated balcony grid and horizontal concrete banding suggest late-1960s to early-1970s Florida high-rise construction; flanking palm trees and bright subtropical sky reinforce the stated 1974 setting.
Home-movie behavior: A slow upward pan implies an amateur photographer documenting a building of personal interest — a vacation stay or new residence — rather than a staged or professional architectural record.
What appears in frame: Tall cream-concrete high-rise with repeated balcony rows, palm trees flanking both sides, a lower annex wing with rooftop terrace, outdoor furniture visible below, bright blue sky, and natural 8mm grain throughout.
Film character: Warm color fading on the building facade, a subtle blue-purple cast in the sky, visible grain, and slight vignetting typical of scanned 8mm home-movie stock give the footage an intimate period texture.
Edit role: Functions as an establishing shot or atmospheric cutaway in documentaries about Florida urban growth, retiree migration, or 1970s American resort and condominium culture.
Historical context: Florida's condominium construction boom accelerated sharply in the early 1970s; the balcony-heavy facade and lower annex wing visible here reflect that era's dominant high-rise residential typology.
Research note: Copyright rests with the original filmmaker; at least one person appears present on or near the lower terrace per source metadata, so likeness review is advised before editorial publication.
Research search match: Likely retrieved via searches for '1970s Florida apartment building,' '8mm condo footage,' 'vintage Florida high-rise,' or '1974 Florida home movie exterior.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Gainesville 1974 source; then with Florida poolside or street footage from the 1970s; then with Sun Belt development or leisure-culture sequences of the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie frame of a multi-story Florida residential or resort building with repeated balconies and flanking palm trees, Gainesville area, circa 1974. — High-rise with balconies and palm trees, Florida, 1974.

8mm home-movie frame of a Florida high-rise with balconies and palm trees; camera has panned slightly right, lower terrace with furniture still visible, circa 1974. — High-rise reframed right, balconies and palms, Florida, 1974.

8mm home-movie frame tilting up the facade of a multi-story Florida building; balconies and palm fronds dominate, lower terrace no longer in view, circa 1974. — Upward tilt along high-rise balconies, Florida, 1974.

8mm home-movie frame of the upper floors of a Florida high-rise; balconies fill most of the frame with palm fronds at right and open sky at left, circa 1974. — Upper floors and balconies, Florida high-rise, 1974.

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