Quebec Canada-1952: View From A Hill Overlooking Houses Buildings Large

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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View From A Hill Overlooking Houses Buildings Large — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a panoramic view from a hill overlooking a residential neighborhood in Quebec, Canada. The frame reveals rows of houses with varied rooflines, green trees dotting the landscape, and a distant industrial area near a large body of water. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and minor dust spots, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1950s. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century suburban life and urban development.

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: 123335919

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Quebec, Canada 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits documentary or educational productions on mid-century Canadian urban development, postwar suburban expansion, or Quebec in the 1950s.
Period detail: Rooftop styles and residential density suggest early 1950s Canadian urban growth; the distant flat expanse may show a waterfront or industrial corridor of the era.
Home-movie behavior: The steady elevated vantage suggests a deliberate sightseeing shot, typical of home-movie makers pausing at a scenic overlook to document their surroundings.
What appears in frame: Pitched residential rooftops, deciduous trees in full leaf, a dense residential grid, a wide flat expanse in the distance, low ridge on the horizon, and a large distant industrial structure.
Film character: 8mm color film with visible grain, muted color desaturation, minor dust spots, and dark frame borders give the footage an authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing wide or transitional shot before tighter street-level scenes; also effective as a memory-beat cutaway in documentary narration about postwar Canada.
Historical context: The residential density and varied rooflines may reflect postwar housing expansion common to Canadian cities in the early 1950s; no specific landmarks are identifiable to confirm the precise neighborhood.
Research note: No people or recognizable faces are visible; no logos or brand signage identified; residential properties appear to be filmed from a public elevated vantage, but individual property identification is unconfirmed.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as '1950s Canadian town panorama,' 'Quebec neighborhood 1952 home movie,' 'postwar residential hilltop 8mm,' or 'mid-century suburban Canada.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Quebec 1952 reel; then with 1950s Canadian urban or suburban footage; then with elevated panoramic home-movie views of mid-century North American cities.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm color film, Quebec, Canada, 1952: densely packed residential rooftops with scattered deciduous trees and a wide flat expanse visible in the distant background. — Residential rooftops from hilltop overlook, Quebec, 1952.

8mm color film frame from Quebec, Canada, circa 1952: panoramic hilltop view over a mid-century residential area with a wide flat expanse and low hills in the distance. — Hilltop panorama over residential Quebec, 1952.

8mm color film, Quebec, Canada, 1952: camera has tilted upward, giving prominence to the open sky and wide flat distant expanse above the residential rooftops below. — Open sky and distant landscape from Quebec hilltop, 1952.

Final 8mm color film frame from Quebec, Canada, 1952 hilltop sequence: wide open sky above a residential grid and distant flat landscape stretching to low hills on the horizon. — Final frame of Quebec hilltop panorama, 1952.

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