Switzerland-1962: A Cable Car Travels Down A Mountain Side As Bird Swoops Down

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Switzerland

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A Cable Car Travels Down A Mountain Side As Bird Swoops Down — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage Swiss home movie captures a cable car gliding down a mountain slope under a hazy purple sky. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows the cable car moving steadily along its line, with a bird briefly swooping across the frame. The scene unfolds over rolling hills and scattered trees, evoking a sense of quiet travel and nostalgia. The film’s characteristic grain and soft focus enhance its authentic 1960s home movie aesthetic.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124810543

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 8mm travel footage for documentary or editorial sequences needing mountain cable-car movement and atmospheric alpine landscape coverage.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-20th-century alpine transport, with a small cable car, open hillsides, and color-shifted 8mm exposure supporting the 1962 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot feel, watching the cable car from a distance as it moves through the mountain landscape rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cable car, overhead line, hazy sky, grassy slopes, winding paths, scattered trees, and a bird crossing the lower frames.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, purple color fading, and slight handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief alpine travel insert, a transition between Swiss mountain scenes, or a quiet memory beat about transport and landscape.
Historical context: The scene records leisure or travel observation in Switzerland, showing mountain transport embedded in open slopes without identifiable people or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still clear copyright in the footage separately from any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 Switzerland 8mm cable car, Swiss mountain home movie, alpine transportation footage, and bird over hillside travel scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Switzerland mountain footage, then broader alpine transport or travel landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Swiss 8mm frame showing a distant cable car descending along a line under a hazy, color-faded sky. — A small cable car moves along its line high over the mountain slope.

The cable car appears farther along the overhead line, seen through soft 1960s Swiss home-movie footage. — The cable car continues its descent across the hazy hillside view.

Swiss mountain landscape in 8mm color, with winding paths, grassy slopes, and a bird swooping across the lower view. — A bird crosses the frame over the open hillside and paths.

A soft, color-faded Swiss hillside view shows paths, trees, and a small structure near the right edge of the frame. — The shot settles on the mountain slope, trees, paths, and a small building-like form.

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