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New York City-1956: A Fast Paced Moving Camera Capturing Broken Down Buildings

  • Year1956
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew York City, New York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1956 New York City
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A Fast Paced Moving Camera Capturing Broken Down Buildings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1956, this fast-paced home movie captures a blurry, handheld view of dilapidated buildings and debris in New York City. The camera moves rapidly through a rundown urban landscape, showing corrugated metal structures, scattered stones, and overgrown ground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and motion blur, conveying a raw, nostalgic glimpse of a forgotten neighborhood. The shaky, unsteady perspective suggests a personal, impromptu recording from a bygone era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Handheld
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
124608242

Rights & Clearance

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
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Date
1956 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
New York City, New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • outside
  • blurry video
  • broken down buildings
  • fast
  • paced
  • moving
  • camera
  • capturing
  • broken
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • new york city
  • 1956
  • 1956 New York City
  • 8mm film
  • Super 8 home movie
  • vintage 1950s footage
  • urban decay
  • abandoned buildings
  • handheld camera
  • fast motion
  • film grain
  • vintage footage
  • archival film
  • nostalgic
  • old film
  • moving camera
  • cityscape
  • dilapidated

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1950s New York City documentary requests needing brief, handheld 8mm views of deteriorated urban structures and cleared or debris-strewn lots.

Still Frames From This Clip

Handheld 1956 New York City 8mm frame showing rubble, exposed earth, corrugated siding, and dark vertical foreground shapes.
A shaky view passes over a debris-strewn lot beside rough metal-sided structures.

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