Mexico City-1962: A View Of A School Building During Nice Spring Time

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Mexico City

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A View Of A School Building During Nice Spring Time — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a sun-drenched view of a modernist school campus in Mexico City. The clip opens on a wide shot of a paved courtyard with two people standing near a low metal railing, framed by tall trees and a long brick building under a clear blue sky. A young boy in a dark shirt and pants runs across the foreground, adding motion to the scene. The camera then pans to reveal the building's distinctive facade with repeating windows and concrete columns, showcasing mid-century architectural design. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era.

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: 123686167

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1835 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: pyramid,university city,$80000 house,floating gardens
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: dallas,mexico city
Date: 1962 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: Mexico City, Mexico 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: Useful for 1960s educational, urban, or Mexico City documentary edits needing an exterior view of a modern school campus on 8mm home-movie film.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century campus architecture, low metal railings, paved courtyards, and color 8mm texture consistent with the supplied 1962 Mexico City metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual observer's view of campus space, with small figures and a runner crossing the frame without staged performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include paved school grounds, metal railings, trees, distant people, a runner, brick walls, rows of windows, and concrete columns.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, mild gate shadow, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a campus establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transitional exterior, or brief memory beat in an education sequence.
Historical context: The views place school life within a modern urban campus setting, emphasizing open courtyards and functional mid-century building design.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright status should be checked separately from likeness and any property or location permissions.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1962 Mexico City school exterior, 8mm modernist campus footage, vintage classroom building, and mid-century education cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Mexico City exteriors, then broader school, campus, and mid-century architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Mexico City school campus view with a paved courtyard, railings, trees, and distant figures near a modern building. — Wide courtyard view with railings, trees, and a school building in the background.

A person runs across the foreground of a 1962 Mexico City school campus, with railings, trees, and buildings behind. — A runner passes through the foreground of the school courtyard.

Modern school building exterior in Mexico City, showing brick walls, long window bands, and shaded upper levels. — Exterior view of the school building facade with brickwork and repeating windows.

Angled 1962 Mexico City campus facade with concrete columns, brick wall, upper railing, and repeated window lines. — Angled view emphasizing the campus building's columns, railings, and window rows.

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