Illinois USA-1962: Artwork At St Benedict's Abbey

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Artwork At St Benedict's Abbey — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a religious mosaic at St. Benedict's Abbey in Illinois. The artwork depicts a biblical scene, likely the resurrection or entombment of Christ, with figures in period robes against a golden background, framed in dark marble. The footage then transitions to exterior views of the abbey grounds, showing its ornate entrance sign and a large brick building nestled in a rural landscape under a clear sky. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and religious history.

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: 123717064

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.

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
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: Illinois, 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: Fills 1960s American religious and institutional documentary requests; suited to cutaway use in Catholic history, Benedictine monastic life, or Midwest Americana productions.
Period detail: The 8mm color palette, mosaic craftsmanship style, and mid-century wrought-iron signage are consistent with early 1960s institutional religious architecture in the American Midwest.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by a visitor documenting the abbey as a destination, moving from the interior mosaic to the entrance signs — a typical tourist-pilgrimage recording pattern on 8mm.
What appears in frame: Biblical mosaic panel with golden tesserae, robed figures in a deposition scene, dark stone surround, wrought-iron 'St. Benedict's Abbey' entrance arch, hanging oval sign, flat rural Illinois fields, and brick abbey buildings at distance.
Film character: Warm, slightly faded 8mm color with visible grain and rounded vignetting at frame edges gives the footage an intimate, handmade quality characteristic of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: The mosaic close-up functions as a contemplative insert or chapter-opener; the exterior entrance shots serve as establishing cutaways for religious or Midwest institutional sequences.
Historical context: The mosaic and entrance signage document a Benedictine monastic site in mid-century Illinois, reflecting Catholic institutional investment in art and architecture during the postwar era.
Research note: The mosaic artwork may carry independent copyright separate from the filming rights; institutional signage identifies the site by name — verify current rights status for both before editorial or commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may query '1960s Catholic abbey Illinois 8mm,' 'Benedictine monastery mid-century footage,' or 'religious mosaic vintage archival film.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel; then with 1960s Illinois or Midwest church footage; then with mid-century American Catholic or monastic documentary material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm film frame of a mosaic at St. Benedict's Abbey, Illinois — robed figures in a deposition or entombment scene against golden mosaic tesserae, flanked by stone pilasters. — Religious mosaic panel at St. Benedict's Abbey, Illinois, 1962.

Exterior of St. Benedict's Abbey, Illinois, 1962 — wrought-iron entrance arch with cross and hanging oval sign, brick abbey building visible across flat rural fields under clear blue sky. — St. Benedict's Abbey entrance signs and grounds, Illinois, 1962.

1962 8mm frame of St. Benedict's Abbey, Illinois: wrought-iron gate arch and hanging oval sign in foreground, abbey buildings on the flat rural horizon under blue sky. — St. Benedict's Abbey entrance signs with abbey complex across open fields, Illinois, 1962.

Final 8mm frame from 1962 at St. Benedict's Abbey, Illinois — entrance arch and hanging oval sign against clear sky, flat Midwestern landscape, abbey buildings in the distance. — St. Benedict's Abbey entrance signage against clear sky, abbey buildings on the rural Illinois horizon, 1962.

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