United Kingdom-1952: Stone Church Tower in Burntisland

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationUnited Kingdom
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 United Kingdom

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Stone Church Tower in Burntisland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures the historic stone tower of a church in Burntisland, United Kingdom. The footage features a weathered stone structure with a domed roof and arched openings, viewed through a window frame. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The red neon-style text 'BURNTISLAND' appears in the first frames, suggesting a title card or location marker. This clip offers authentic 1950s British architectural and cinematic history.

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: 124605448

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: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: United Kingdom 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: 1950s United Kingdom home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts on local travel, church architecture, or postwar-era personal travel records.
Period detail: The red Burntisland title card and faded color 8mm look support the supplied 1952 United Kingdom context, while the stone church tower may show an older local religious structure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a handmade or filmed location title into a brief architectural view rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Burntisland title text, purple-blue title background, stone tower, arched openings, small roof finial, pale sky, film gate edges, and vertical scratches.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, color shift, flicker, frame-edge darkness, and light vertical wear that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a place-setting insert, travelogue transition, architectural cutaway, or short memory beat for Burntisland or mid-century British sightseeing.
Historical context: The frames visually connect a named Scottish coastal town with a weathered church tower, but the clip should not be used to assert specific site history without research.
Research note: No people are visible, but the Burntisland title text and religious building context should be reviewed separately from copyright, location, and property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1952 8mm Burntisland church tower, vintage United Kingdom travel title card, and mid-century home movie stone church exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Burntisland footage, then with United Kingdom 1952 travel clips, then with vintage church architecture or town-title home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 8mm frame with red Burntisland title lettering on a purple-blue background, framed by dark film edges. — Opening Burntisland title card with red lettering and visible film-edge shadow.

1952 8mm Burntisland title frame with red outlined lettering, purple-blue field, and dark vertical film border. — Second title-card frame showing the Burntisland location text before the church view.

1952 United Kingdom home-movie frame showing a weathered stone church tower in Burntisland, softly focused against a pale sky. — Stone church tower appears after the Burntisland title card, with arched openings and a dark roofline.

1952 Burntisland frame showing a stone church tower with arched openings, dark roof cap, and visible 8mm wear marks. — Brief architectural cutaway of the church tower, with grain, scratches, and slight motion softness.

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