Barrington Illinois USA-1963: Virgin Mary Mural On Church Exterior

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationBarrington, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Barrington Illinois

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Virgin Mary Mural On Church Exterior — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a large mural of the Virgin Mary on the exterior of a church in Barrington, Illinois. The image shows Mary in a white robe with a blue mantle, hands clasped in prayer beneath a radiant starburst halo. The mural is framed by pinkish-brown columns against a brick facade, with a small palm-like plant visible in the lower left. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American religious art and community life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123761517

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: 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 2319 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans,xmas,meeske
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1963 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: Barrington, 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

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 U.S. religious life, church exterior art, or Midwestern community setting requests needing a brief archival cutaway.
Period detail: The 1963 8mm footage shows mid-century color film rendering, a brick church facade, and a painted Marian mural on an exterior wall in Barrington, Illinois.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the mural from outside rather than staging a formal architectural view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Virgin Mary mural, blue mantle, white robe, starburst halo, brick facade, pinkish-brown columns, roofline, and a small palm-like plant.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, dust specks, and handheld steadiness typical of short home-movie observations.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a religious cutaway, location insert, reflective transition, or memory beat within a sequence about Catholic imagery or local worship spaces.
Historical context: The scene documents a public-facing religious artwork and the way sacred imagery appeared on a suburban American church exterior in the early 1960s.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but researchers should still review artwork, church property, and copyright questions separately from likeness clearance.
Research search match: Searches such as 1963 Barrington Illinois church mural, Virgin Mary exterior painting, 8mm Catholic church art, or 1960s religious home movie may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then Barrington or 1963 Illinois material, then broader church exterior, Catholic art, or religious Americana footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Barrington, Illinois 8mm frame showing a Virgin Mary mural in white and blue on a church exterior wall. — Virgin Mary mural framed by brick columns on a church exterior.

1963 Barrington, Illinois frame of a Marian wall mural on a church exterior, partly bordered by the 8mm contact sheet edge. — Marian mural on the church facade, seen from a steady exterior view.

1963 8mm frame from Barrington, Illinois showing the Virgin Mary mural closer in frame on a church exterior. — Closer home-movie view of the Virgin Mary mural and surrounding facade.

1963 Barrington, Illinois 8mm still showing a centered Virgin Mary mural on a church exterior facade. — Centered view of the Virgin Mary mural beneath a starburst halo.

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