Camden New Jersey-1964: Nighttime Festival with Illuminated Structures

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationCamden, New Jersey, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Camden New Jersey

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Nighttime Festival with Illuminated Structures — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious nighttime festival in Camden, New Jersey. The clip features ornate, illuminated structures with tiered domes and glowing blue and red lights, creating a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere. Figures in traditional attire appear to perform or stand amidst the elaborate set, suggesting a cultural or theatrical display. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, with a handheld camera moving through the scene, capturing the nostalgic ambiance of a mid-century community event.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: HandheldNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123812456

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 2368 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,nancy,dell ee davis
Reel-level year note: 1964
Reel-level location note: woddbury new jersey
Date: 1964 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: Camden, New Jersey, 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 archival sequences needing a brief nighttime community festival or cultural display insert with illuminated structures and costumed figures.
Period detail: The visible 8mm color, saturated lighting, and handmade-looking theatrical structures may show a mid-1960s public festival or staged cultural display in Camden, New Jersey.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint feels like a visitor moving through a dark attraction, pausing on glowing structures and performers rather than recording a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tiered domes, blue globe lights, red-lit figures, miniature or theatrical buildings, ornamental shapes, and dark festival surroundings.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, deep shadows, color shifts, and handheld framing that give the scene a strong mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a surreal nighttime cutaway, memory beat, transition, or brief visual punctuation in a sequence about local festivals or cultural displays.
Historical context: The footage appears to document a public nighttime display where decorative architecture, theatrical lighting, and traditional-looking figures were part of the attraction.
Research note: People or performer figures are visible, so copyright, likeness, event identification, and any site permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Research matches include 1960s 8mm nighttime festival footage, Camden New Jersey home movie, illuminated cultural display, and vintage theatrical attraction.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Camden or 1964 material, then with other nighttime festival, amusement, or cultural display footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Camden home-movie frame showing red-lit tiered and domed structures with small figures in a dark nighttime festival setting. — Red and blue lights illuminate domed festival structures in a dark scene.

1964 Camden nighttime frame with a blue-lit decorative structure, glowing globe lights, and a figure near the display. — A blue-lit structure and figure appear within the nighttime festival display.

1964 Camden home-movie frame showing blue globe lights, a vertical column, and soft decorative forms in a dim festival scene. — Blue lights and decorative forms fill the soft handheld frame.

1964 Camden nighttime frame showing red-lit traditional-looking performer figures with raised arms, props, and a stage-like backdrop. — Red lighting reveals performer figures and props within the display.

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