New York USA-1941: Overhead Shot of City with Large Brick Buildings and Roofs

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Year1941
Decade1940s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1941 New York

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Overhead Shot of City with Large Brick Buildings and Roofs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1941, this vintage footage captures an overhead view of New York City's dense urban landscape. The clip shows a cluster of large brick apartment buildings with fire escapes and illuminated windows, viewed from a high vantage point. The rooftops feature typical 1940s-era equipment, including a white HVAC unit and various vents. The image has the characteristic grain, color saturation, and slight blurriness of an old home movie, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century city life.

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: 123127567

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: 1941 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: New York, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1940s New York cityscape requests needing a brief overhead urban establishing shot or period cutaway.
Period detail: Brick apartment facades, exterior fire escapes, flat roofs, vents, chimneys and lit windows may show mid-century dense city housing.
Home-movie behavior: The elevated viewpoint feels like a traveler or resident filming casually from a high window rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brick apartment buildings, fire escapes, flat rooftops, vents, chimneys, a pale rooftop structure and scattered lit windows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight gate movement and saturated color typical of small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short urban insert, location transition, memory beat or contextual cutaway for New York residential density.
Historical context: The view documents multi-story urban housing from above, emphasizing rooftops, fire escapes and window patterns without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos or brands are visible, but users should still review copyright, location context and any property-use requirements.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1941 8mm New York rooftops, vintage overhead city buildings, brick apartments with fire escapes and urban home-movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel city views, then other 1941 New York material, then broader 1940s urban rooftop or apartment-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1941 New York overhead view of brick apartment buildings, fire escapes, flat roofs, vents and lit windows. — Elevated view across dense brick apartment buildings and flat rooftops.

High-angle 1941 New York city view showing brick facades, fire escapes, rooftop vents and illuminated windows. — Brick building facades and rooftops seen from a high vantage point.

1941 New York overhead frame with brick apartment blocks, exterior fire escapes, vents, chimneys and a pale rooftop structure. — Overhead residential block view with fire escapes and rooftop equipment.

1941 New York city rooftop view with dense brick buildings, exterior fire escapes, vents and scattered illuminated windows. — Dense urban rooftops and brick apartment elevations near the end of the clip.

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