California USA-1953: A View Of A Uniquely Built Spanish Colonial Revival Building

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1953 California

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A View Of A Uniquely Built Spanish Colonial Revival Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a uniquely designed Spanish Colonial Revival building in California. The white stucco structure features a red tile roof, arched windows, and a central tower, surrounded by palm trees and a manicured lawn. Classic American cars from the early 1950s drive along the street in front, adding to the nostalgic atmosphere. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color saturation, and slight instability of Super 8 home movies, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

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: 123351588

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 1398 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1953
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1953 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: 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

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: 1950s California exterior footage for productions needing a brief Spanish Colonial Revival streetscape, institutional building view, or period travel cutaway.
Period detail: The red tile roof, white stucco walls, palms, rounded openings, and early-1950s cars support a midcentury California setting without identifying the site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reads as visitor-shot home-movie footage, pausing from across the street to record the building facade and passing cars rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white stucco Spanish Colonial Revival facade, red tile roof, tower forms, palm trees, lawn, roadside fence, parked or moving cars, and blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated color, visible grain, slight frame weave, soft focus, and contact-sheet edge darkness that add physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short exterior insert, location-establishing cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a California 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests midcentury roadside observation of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California, with automobiles and landscaping providing everyday context.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but the building should still be reviewed for property identification and separate use permissions where required.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1953 8mm California building exterior, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, 1950s palm-lined street, and vintage home movie facade.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1953 California exteriors, then broader 1950s architecture, travel, and streetscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1953 California 8mm frame showing a white stucco Spanish Colonial Revival building, palms, roadside fence, and early-1950s cars. — A sunlit Spanish Colonial Revival facade stands behind palms and a street with period cars.

1953 California exterior view of a Spanish Colonial Revival style building with palms, a circular window, and cars on the street. — The camera holds on the long stucco facade, palm landscaping, and cars at the roadside.

1953 California 8mm frame with a partial Spanish Colonial Revival facade, tower section, palms, and period cars along the street. — A tower section and palm trees frame the building as cars pass or sit near the curb.

1953 California street-level view of a Spanish Colonial Revival building, palms, broad pavement, and a blue early-1950s car. — The final frame widens to include more pavement below the palm-lined building facade.

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