Switzerland-1962: Wooden Cross with Brass Plaque

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Switzerland

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Wooden Cross with Brass Plaque — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a view from inside a vehicle in Switzerland, showing a man in glasses seated in the front. Through the windshield, a street scene unfolds with pedestrians, a white car, and a large truck bearing a 'Krone' sign. The footage transitions to a solemn outdoor scene featuring a wooden cross with a crucifixion figure, a brass plaque, and a red flower at its base, set against a green, overgrown backdrop with a wooden fence. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era.

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: 124810411

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 (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: Switzerland 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 Swiss travel, roadside religion, and home-movie cutaways needing a brief vehicle-view street scene followed by a rural crucifix cross.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century cars, a bus or truck windshield view, uniformed police, older streetfronts, and a painted wooden crucifix that fit the stated 1962 Switzerland metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, first looking through a vehicle windshield at people in the street, then pausing on a roadside religious cross in greenery.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated man with glasses, windshield framing, pedestrians, uniformed police, a Krone sign, older vehicles, a wooden crucifix, flowers, and a fence.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and faded color that preserve the feel of a scanned home-movie reel.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short travel insert, a transition from urban arrival to rural devotional detail, or a memory beat about roadside Catholic imagery.
Historical context: The footage may show ordinary Swiss travel and public religious display in the early 1960s, with street activity and a small crucifix site recorded from a visitor perspective.
Research note: Human faces, uniformed police, a visible Krone sign, and religious imagery may require review for likeness, trademark, context, and property-related use separate from copyright status.
Research search match: Research matches include 1962 Switzerland 8mm street scene, Swiss home movie windshield view, roadside crucifix cross, police on street, and vintage travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Switzerland 1962 travel scenes, then related roadside crosses, religious markers, street views, and vehicle-window footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Switzerland home-movie frame from inside a vehicle, with a man in glasses in the foreground and pedestrians and vehicles outside. — View from inside a vehicle toward a street with pedestrians and older cars.

1962 Switzerland street scene seen through a vehicle windshield, with a seated man in foreground, police, pedestrians, cars, and a Krone sign. — Street view through the windshield with police and pedestrians near older vehicles.

1962 Switzerland home-movie frame showing a wooden roadside crucifix with a figure of Christ, flowers, greenery, and a simple fence behind it. — Roadside wooden crucifix set among flowers and overgrown greenery.

1962 Switzerland frame of a wooden roadside crucifix with a small plaque and religious figure, framed by flowers, greenery, and a rustic fence. — Wooden crucifix with plaque and flowers in a green roadside setting.

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