Sacramento California USA-1969: Modernist Building With Large Windows And Sculpture

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationSacramento, California, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 California

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Modernist Building With Large Windows And Sculpture — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1969 captures a modernist building in Sacramento, California, featuring expansive glass windows and a prominent abstract sculpture in the foreground. The scene unfolds on a sunny day with lush green grass and young trees framing the structure. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century architecture and urban design. The sequence begins with a close-up of a dandelion seed head, transitions to a dark frame, then reveals the building exterior, capturing the era's architectural style and suburban landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123048507

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: 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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
Date: 1969 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: Sacramento, California, 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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Sacramento or California architecture sequences needing brief home-movie exterior views of modernist civic or institutional design.
Period detail: The clip shows late-1960s visual cues in the glass-fronted modernist building, manicured lawn, young trees, and abstract outdoor sculpture.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot feel, moving from a close botanical detail to an exterior building view without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dandelion seed head, dark transition frame, glass-walled building, lawn, young trees, abstract sculpture, walkway, and bright sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, or transition from nature detail to mid-century built environment.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for postwar modernist landscaping and public-facing architecture in Sacramento without identifying a specific institution.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but the building and sculpture may require separate property or artwork review depending on use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1969 Sacramento 8mm footage, modernist building exterior, abstract sculpture, California architecture, and home-movie city views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then Sacramento 1969 exteriors, then other 1960s modernist architecture, sculpture, lawn, or civic landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm close-up of a dandelion seed head with soft focus and dark film border. — A dandelion seed head fills the frame before the building exterior appears.

Dark transitional 8mm frame with faint specks and minimal visible detail. — A dark transitional frame separates the close-up from the exterior view.

1969 Sacramento 8mm view of a modernist glass-fronted building with lawn, young trees, and an abstract sculpture. — The camera settles on a modernist building behind lawn and a foreground sculpture.

1969 Sacramento 8mm frame showing the modernist building exterior with sculpture, lawn, trees, and bright daylight. — A second exterior frame repeats the building, sculpture, and landscaped grounds.

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