Switzerland-1962: Side Of A Big Mountain With Sky Next To It

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Switzerland

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Side Of A Big Mountain With Sky Next To It — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a rugged mountain face in Switzerland. The footage features a close-up of a textured rock formation with two dark, eye-like indentations, giving it a striking, almost anthropomorphic appearance. The scene transitions to a sweeping view of a snow-dappled alpine slope under a pale sky, showcasing the dramatic natural beauty of the Swiss Alps. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, hand-held quality, evoking a sense of mid-century exploration and adventure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124810517

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing Swiss alpine landscape inserts, rugged mountain textures, or noncommercial travel-home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color, handheld framing, and faded purple-blue cast support a 1960s home-movie look, while the frames show only natural alpine rock, sky, and snow patches.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on an unusual rock face before shifting to a broader mountain slope without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a craggy cliff face, two dark rock openings, pale sky, distant haze, steep alpine slopes, snow patches, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, frame-edge darkening, and a cool color shift that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief alpine cutaway, travel-memory insert, landscape transition, or visual beat between broader Switzerland scenes.
Historical context: The frames show mid-century amateur travel filming of Swiss mountain scenery, emphasizing personal observation rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and location/property implications for their use case.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Switzerland 8mm home movie, Swiss Alps rock face, vintage alpine landscape, snow-dappled mountain slope, and amateur travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Switzerland mountain footage, then broader vintage alpine travel or rugged landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Switzerland 8mm frame showing a craggy alpine rock face with two dark openings and a pale sky beside it. — Craggy mountain face with dark openings near the top of the frame.

Swiss alpine rock wall on 8mm film, with dark cave-like openings and a hazy pale sky to the right. — Rock wall with two dark openings against a pale alpine sky.

Handheld 1962 Switzerland frame of a steep rock face, a dark opening, and distant haze beyond the cliff. — Steep cliff face seen close up with hazy mountain air beyond.

Wide Swiss mountain view on 8mm film, showing snow-dappled alpine slopes and distant hazy peaks. — Snow patches cross a steep alpine slope under hazy mountain light.

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