Lucerne Switzerland-1962: Two Traditional Houses In A Green Valley

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Two Traditional Houses In A Green Valley — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil Swiss countryside scene in Lucerne. Two traditional wooden houses with red-tiled roofs sit nestled in a lush green valley, surrounded by rolling hills and scattered trees. A dirt path winds through the grassy yard, leading to a wooden picnic table. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse into rural Swiss life during the early 1960s. The camera remains steady, capturing the peaceful atmosphere of a quiet mountain farmstead.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K Digitally Restored
License: Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124766314

Rights & Clearance

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 1713 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: florence,venice,italy,lucerne,switzerland
Date: 1962 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: Lucerne, Switzerland 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Swiss rural home-movie footage for documentary or educational edits needing a quiet Lucerne countryside establishing view.
Period detail: The red-tiled roofs, timber facades, dirt drive and open grassy slope may show vernacular rural Swiss housing in the early 1960s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, observing the farmstead from across the valley without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two timber houses, red-tiled roofs, a grassy hillside, scattered trees, a pale dirt path, a picnic table and utility poles.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild gate edges, muted color shifts and steady framing typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural Switzerland insert, travel-memory cutaway, location transition or quiet pause between family scenes.
Historical context: The view documents a modest countryside setting near Lucerne as seen by a home-movie camera, without confirming the occupants or exact property.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed even if faces are not legible here; copyright and property considerations remain separate.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 8mm Lucerne countryside, Swiss valley houses, rural Switzerland home movie and traditional timber houses footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Lucerne 1962 footage, then Swiss rural landscapes or European home-movie travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Lucerne home-movie frame showing two traditional-looking rural houses, grassy slope, trees and a pale path through the yard. — Two rural houses sit on a green slope with trees and a curving path nearby.

1962 Lucerne frame of two wooden houses with red roofs, seen across a green valley with scattered trees and 8mm frame edges. — A steady view frames the houses, hillside and path from across the valley.

Lucerne 1962 home-movie still with traditional rural houses, a small table, leafless foreground tree and green valley grass. — The camera holds on the farmstead buildings with a small table and trees in view.

Final 1962 Lucerne frame showing hillside houses partly shifted right, with green pasture, trees, utility poles and small-gauge film wear. — The houses and surrounding grassy slope remain in view as the short shot ends.

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