Buffalo New York USA-1961: Grand Lakeside Resort Hotel With Water Tower

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBuffalo, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Buffalo New York

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Grand Lakeside Resort Hotel With Water Tower — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a grand white resort hotel perched on a lakeside hill in Buffalo, New York. The long, symmetrical building features a central dome and a prominent water tower, surrounded by dense trees and a sandy shoreline. The footage, with its characteristic blue tint and film grain, offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American architecture and leisure, ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or archival storytelling.

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: 123746842

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Buffalo, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial projects needing an exterior lakeside resort or grand hotel establishing view from vintage 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The long white resort-style building, water tower, sandy shoreline, and color 8mm look may show mid-century American leisure architecture near Buffalo in 1961.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from across the water, observing the hotel as a scenic landmark rather than staging any human activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large white hotel, central dome, water tower, tree line, sandy shore, blue lake water, open sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries blue-shifted color, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight handheld variation typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, waterfront transition, architectural cutaway, or nostalgic travel-memory beat.
Historical context: The view places a large resort building within a lakeside landscape, suggesting mid-century recreation and travel without showing guests or interior activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should verify building identity, copyright status, and any property-release needs for their use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Buffalo 8mm lakeside hotel, vintage resort exterior, water tower hotel shoreline, and mid-century home movie travel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Buffalo or 1961 waterfront views, then broader mid-century resort and travel exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Buffalo-area 8mm view of a long white lakeside resort hotel with a water tower above a wooded shoreline. — A grand white hotel stands beyond trees and a narrow sandy shore.

Vintage 8mm frame of the white lakeside hotel near Buffalo, with the water tower rising behind the roofline. — The resort building stretches across the hill above the lake.

A closer 8mm glimpse shows part of the Buffalo-area lakeside hotel, partly cropped by the home-movie framing. — A cropped view catches the hotel facade above the wooded shore.

1961 8mm frame of the lakeside hotel near Buffalo, showing its central dome, long facade, and water tower. — The central dome and water tower are visible above the shoreline trees.

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