Switzerland-1962: Panoramic View Of Large Grey Rock Formation On A Cloudy Day

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Switzerland

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Panoramic View Of Large Grey Rock Formation On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of a massive grey rock formation in the Swiss Alps. The camera pans across the rugged, textured cliff face under a cloudy sky, emphasizing the natural grandeur of the mountain landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and a distinct purple color cast, characteristic of 1960s home movies. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of Switzerland's alpine scenery, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124810528

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: 1960s Swiss alpine home-movie footage for productions needing a short scenic insert of rugged mountain rock under cloudy skies.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s amateur travel filming, with no visible signs, vehicles, clothing, or built features to date the landscape beyond the supplied 1962 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld pan gives a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on cliff texture and mountain scale rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steep grey rock faces, distant mountain ridges, cloudy sky, dark frame borders, film grain, and a purple color cast.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and purple fading that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief alpine cutaway, travel transition, geographic establishing detail, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century amateur tourism in the Swiss Alps through a quiet landscape view without people, signage, or modern infrastructure visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but copyright and location-specific property or access issues should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Switzerland 8mm Alps rock formation, vintage home movie mountain cliff, and cloudy alpine landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 Switzerland material, then broader vintage alpine landscapes and mountain travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Swiss alpine home-movie frame showing a close grey cliff face, distant ridge, cloudy sky, and dark 8mm gate edges. — A close alpine rock face fills the frame with a distant ridge under cloud cover.

1962 Switzerland frame with a massive textured alpine rock formation, cloudy sky, and purple faded 8mm color. — The pan rests on a large textured rock formation against a cloudy alpine sky.

Swiss Alps home-movie frame from 1962 showing a slanted grey rock face beneath cloudy sky with visible 8mm grain. — A sloping cliff face cuts across the frame as the handheld camera continues its scan.

1962 Swiss alpine frame showing a rugged grey rock slope, cloudy sky, and dark 8mm border with purple color shift. — The final frame holds on rugged rock texture and a cloudy sky with the film border visible.

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