Edinbourgh Scotland-1952: Ornate Gothic Revival Building with Clock Tower

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationEdinbourgh, Scotland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ornate Gothic Revival Building with Clock Tower — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a majestic stone building in Edinburgh, Scotland, featuring ornate Gothic Revival architecture with a prominent clock face and decorative turrets. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows slight camera movement and natural film grain, with muted colors and soft focus typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene evokes a sense of historical charm and nostalgia, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124553557

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

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: 1952 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: Edinbourgh, Scotland 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1952 Edinburgh exterior footage for productions needing a brief archival view of Gothic Revival civic or landmark architecture.
Period detail: The stone facade, clock face, turrets, and muted 8mm color may show mid-century tourist filming of an older Edinburgh streetscape.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, framed through a window or narrow opening with slight handheld movement rather than a formal architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a pale stone tower, round clock face, small turrets, arched window openings, a flagpole or vertical pole, blue sky, and dark framing edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate marks, mild exposure variation, and handheld drift give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a Scotland or 1950s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a tourist-like view of ornate historic architecture in Edinburgh without showing crowds, vehicles, signage, or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark identity, building rights, and copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1952 Edinburgh 8mm architecture, Scotland home movie clock tower, Gothic Revival building exterior, and vintage travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1952 Edinburgh material, then broader Scotland landmarks or historic architecture exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Edinburgh 8mm view of an ornate Gothic Revival stone facade with a round clock face and turret details. — A close, partially obscured view of the clock tower and decorative stonework.

Ornate Edinburgh stone building facade with clock detail, narrow turrets, and dark vertical framing from the camera position. — The facade remains partly framed by a dark vertical edge as the camera looks upward.

1952 home-movie frame of the Edinburgh Gothic Revival facade, showing the clock face, upper windows, and framing edges. — Soft focus and film grain shape the view of the tower's clock and upper stonework.

Edinburgh architectural detail in 1952 8mm footage, with a round clock, turreted roofline, and dark framing at the right. — The final frame catches the upper facade, clock, and roofline from a constrained street-level angle.

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