Dade County Florida-1955: Big White Tall Building With A Lot Of Windows Parking

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationDade, Florida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Big White Tall Building With A Lot Of Windows Parking — Clip Details

DADE COUNTY FLORIDA-1955: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a large, modernist white hotel with numerous windows, set against a tropical backdrop. Palm trees line the foreground near a waterfront, with a dock and small boats visible. The footage, shot from a distance, shows the building's curved facade and a central tower, evoking mid-century Miami architecture. The scene is bathed in natural light, with a slightly faded color palette and film grain characteristic of home movies from the era. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of a classic Florida landmark.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123384879

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1573 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1955
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1955 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: Dade, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Florida travel, Miami-area architecture, waterfront hotel, or mid-century leisure-location requests needing real 8mm home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The white curved high-rise, dense window bands, period cars, palms, and waterfront setting may show mid-century resort architecture in Dade County, Florida.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, lingering from across the road or water rather than staging the building for a formal architectural view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large white windowed building, central vertical tower, palm trees, parked cars, roadway, low waterfront wall, dock area, and boats or marina edges.
Film character: The 8mm footage has soft focus, mild color fading, visible grain, gate edges, and steady but casual framing that reads as home-movie observation.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel cutaway, period transition, or memory beat for 1950s Florida tourism and waterfront development.
Historical context: The scene visually connects tropical landscaping, automobile access, and modern high-rise design in a Florida waterfront setting without proving a specific landmark identity.
Research note: No people or readable brands are visible, but building identity, copyright status, and any property-related use should be reviewed for the intended context.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1950s Dade County Florida 8mm hotel, Miami waterfront high-rise home movie, palm-lined resort exterior, and mid-century Florida travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Florida travel shots, then other 1955 Dade County waterfront views, then broader mid-century hotel, palm, marina, and road footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Dade County home-movie view of a large white windowed high-rise with palms, cars, and a low foreground road or waterfront edge. — White high-rise building with palms and parked cars in a Florida waterfront setting.

Dade County, Florida, 1955 frame showing the white curved building facade, palm trees, parked cars, and dark film gate edges. — Curved white building facade seen across a palm-lined roadside or waterfront edge.

1955 Florida home-movie frame with palms, low waterfront wall, small structures, and soft foreground obstruction near the frame edge. — Palm trees and low waterfront edge after the camera view shifts away from the building.

Dade County, Florida, 1955 view of palms and a low waterfront or roadside boundary, with small structures beyond and soft 8mm grain. — Palm-lined waterfront or roadside scene with low wall and small structures.

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