Illinois USA-1962: Stained Glass Window Showing Jesus And The Virgin Mary

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

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Stained Glass Window Showing Jesus And The Virgin Mary — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a solemn religious mosaic depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the body of Jesus in a poignant Pietà scene. The artwork, framed in dark marble, features golden mosaic tiles and soft blue and white robes, set within a stone-walled church interior. The footage shows slight camera movement, emphasizing the emotional weight of the religious iconography. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American religious art and devotion.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 123717143

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 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: Suits documentary and educational productions covering mid-century American religious life, Catholic church interiors, or devotional art in the 1960s.
Period detail: 8mm film grain and color palette are consistent with early 1960s amateur stock; stone church architecture and dark marble framing may indicate mid-century American parish construction.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's deliberate, static record of devotional artwork — framed with care, suggesting the filmmaker intended to preserve the image for personal or family memory.
What appears in frame: Pietà mosaic panel, blue-robed Virgin Mary, recumbent white-robed Christ figure, golden mosaic tile background, dark marble border, flanking cut-stone church walls, 8mm film grain, black scan-edge borders.
Film character: Fine 8mm grain softens the mosaic surface; slight handheld drift is visible across frames; warm color rendering and edge vignette are characteristic of period amateur film stock.
Edit role: Functions as a contemplative insert or cutaway in sequences covering American religious practice, church interiors, or mid-century Catholic devotion.
Historical context: Pietà iconography was prominent in post-war American Catholic parishes; mosaic tilework of this style was a favored decorative medium in new church construction of the 1950s–60s.
Research note: The mosaic artwork may carry independent copyright if created within the past century; church property rights and artwork copyright require separate verification before editorial use — no clearance is implied.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as 'Catholic church interior 1960s', 'Pietà mosaic vintage 8mm', 'Illinois church religious art film', or 'mid-century American religious footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Illinois 1962 clips from the same reel; then 1960s church interior or religious ceremony footage; then broader mid-century American Catholic devotional life content.

Still Frames From This Clip

Opening 8mm frame from 1962 Illinois church footage: mosaic Pietà with blue-robed Virgin Mary cradling recumbent Christ against a golden tessera background. — Mosaic Pietà in dark marble church niche, Illinois, c. 1962.

Second 8mm frame from 1962 Illinois church footage; the Pietà mosaic remains the subject with a slight rightward camera drift visible. — Pietà mosaic with stone wall detail, Illinois church, 1962.

Third 8mm frame of 1962 Illinois church footage; camera has drifted leftward, exposing more of the cut-stone wall flanking the dark marble-framed Pietà. — Camera drift reveals stone wall beside Pietà mosaic, Illinois, 1962.

Closing 8mm frame from 1962 Illinois church footage; Pietà mosaic with blue-robed Mary and white-robed Christ in gold-tile setting, stone walls flanking. — Pietà mosaic, Illinois church interior, 1962 — closing frame.

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