Barrington Illinois USA-1963: Red Cross Flags Above Busy Street

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

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Red Cross Flags Above Busy Street — Clip Details

A vibrant 1963 8mm home movie captures a bustling street in Barrington, Illinois, with classic American cars parked and circulating. A green and white bus marked '16' drives down the road, flanked by vintage automobiles and pedestrians. Prominent signs for 'Dog Racing' and a tall Mobil gas station sign define the commercial landscape. Red cross flags hang above the street, adding a splash of color to the sun-drenched, nostalgic scene. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, characteristic 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: 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: 123762068

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: Yes
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: 1960s U.S. small-city street footage useful for documentary inserts on everyday transportation, commercial districts, and midcentury civic decoration.
Period detail: Visible era clues include classic cars, an older bus marked 16, overhead cross flags, a Mobil sign, and a dog racing billboard in the Barrington, Illinois metadata context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged roadside viewpoint, watching traffic, pedestrians, and a motorcycle move through a busy commercial street without posed action.
What appears in frame: The frames show a bus, parked cars, moving sedans, pedestrians, overhead cross flags, storefront signs, a Mobil sign, and distant hills or treeline.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, purple color shift, light exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve a home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for midcentury town traffic and roadside commerce.
Historical context: The scene documents a decorated commercial street where automobile traffic, service-station branding, and pedestrian crossings share the same public road space.
Research note: People and recognizable brands are visible, so copyright review should be separated from likeness, trademark, signage, and location-identification considerations.
Research search match: Searches for 1963 8mm Barrington Illinois street traffic, 1960s home movie classic cars, Mobil sign street scene, or cross flags over town road may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1963 Barrington material, then broader 1960s street traffic and service-station signage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Barrington, Illinois street view with a bus marked 16, classic cars, overhead cross flags, storefronts, and visible Mobil and dog racing signage. — A bus drives along a decorated commercial street lined with classic cars and large roadside signs.
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1963 Barrington, Illinois street scene with a bus, parked cars, pedestrians, overhead cross flags, and commercial signs including Mobil and dog racing. — Traffic continues down the sunlit street beneath hanging cross flags and prominent commercial signage.
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1963 Barrington, Illinois traffic view with classic cars parked and moving, a bus ahead, pedestrians near the curb, and cross flags above the road. — Classic cars and a bus share a decorated downtown street with pedestrians near the storefronts.
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1963 Barrington, Illinois street frame with a motorcycle crossing the foreground, a bus ahead, classic cars, overhead cross flags, and visible roadside signs. — A motorcycle enters the foreground while the bus and cars continue through the decorated street.
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