Missouri USA-1961: Oil Refinery Tower With Spiral Staircases And Pipes

$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.

Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMissouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Missouri

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Oil Refinery Tower With Spiral Staircases And Pipes — Clip Details

MISSOURI USA-1961: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a towering industrial refinery structure against a deep blue sky. The camera tilts upward, revealing a large cylindrical tower with spiral staircases and red railings, surrounded by a network of pipes and metal framework. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color saturation of the era, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century petroleum infrastructure. This industrial scene evokes a sense of mid-20th century American industrial progress and engineering.

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: 124869939

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing brief industrial petroleum infrastructure footage from Missouri home-movie material.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century refinery equipment, including a tall cylindrical tower, exposed metal framework, pipes, platforms, and red railings against a clear sky.
Home-movie behavior: The upward handheld tilt gives the scene a visitor-shot or passerby perspective, valuing the structure as something notable in everyday travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the silver refinery tower, spiral staircases, red safety railings, white pipe supports, overhead pipes, platforms, blue sky, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries dense grain, saturated blue color, mild blur, gate edges, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an industrial cutaway, transition into energy or manufacturing topics, or a short visual beat for mid-century infrastructure.
Historical context: The footage visually documents petroleum plant architecture in Missouri during the early 1960s without identifying the company, site, or operating process.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any property or site-identification concerns.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Missouri oil refinery 8mm, vintage petroleum plant tower, industrial pipes home movie, or 1960s refinery cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1961 Missouri footage, then broader 1960s industrial, petroleum, refinery, and infrastructure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing a refinery tower, spiral stairs, pipe supports, and red railings under a clear blue sky. — Refinery tower and stair platforms framed from below.

1961 Missouri frame of the upper refinery tower with stacked platforms, spiral stairs, red railings, and surrounding metal framework. — Upper refinery structure with stacked access platforms.

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing the refinery tower beside pipe runs, red platform railings, and white structural supports. — Tower base area with pipes and industrial framework.

1961 Missouri frame showing the lower refinery tower, red-railed platform, horizontal pipes, and white support structures. — Lower refinery tower with platform and pipe network.

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