Bowling Green University USA-1963: A View Of A Housing Complex

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationBowling Green University, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Bowling Green University

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A View Of A Housing Complex — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1963 captures a nighttime view of a brick apartment building at Bowling Green University, USA. The building is illuminated with a distinct purple hue, with a glowing lyre-shaped light fixture visible on the facade. Overhanging tree branches with green and yellow leaves frame the shot, creating a layered, nostalgic composition. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a brief glimpse of a red sign reading 'ROOT FOR THE GAME' in the final frame. This authentic archival footage evokes mid-century campus life and Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123766968

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: Bowling Green University, 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 U.S. campus-life edits needing a brief nighttime exterior of university housing or apartment-style brick architecture.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century campus housing details, including brick facade, shuttered windows, parked cars, and a handmade game-support sign.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a visitor or student perspective, lingering on the illuminated building before catching a campus sign or decoration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brick building, shuttered windows, tree branches, purple-blue night lighting, parked cars, and a red sign reading partly as root for the game.
Film character: The 8mm scan has saturated color, visible grain, soft focus, high contrast night exposure, and slight handheld instability typical of home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a campus-night cutaway, a transition into student housing, or a brief memory beat before a game or gathering sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for 1960s university residential surroundings without documenting a specific institutional event in the visible frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status, location identity, and any property considerations should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm Bowling Green University housing exterior, 1960s campus apartment building, and vintage college home movie footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Bowling Green University 1963 footage, then broader 1960s campus housing or college-life scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Bowling Green University home-movie frame showing a purple-lit brick housing facade and tree branches at night. — Night exterior of a brick campus housing building with shuttered windows and overhanging leaves.

Bowling Green University nighttime housing exterior with purple-blue illumination, shuttered windows, and branches overhead. — A second view holds on the illuminated brick facade and overhanging foliage.

1963 campus street view with parked cars and a red game-support sign partially visible in front of brick buildings. — The view shifts to a street and a red sign or decoration with parked cars in the background.

Bowling Green University home-movie frame showing a red foreground sign with partial game-support text and campus building behind. — A red sign or float-like decoration fills the foreground, with campus housing and foliage behind it.

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