California USA-1963: Space Needle in Seattle, Washington

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Space Needle in Seattle, Washington — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, viewed from a low angle against a purple-tinted sky. The distinctive saucer-shaped observation deck and slender supporting legs are clearly visible, with the film's characteristic grain and color shift adding to its nostalgic, retro aesthetic. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of the landmark during the early 1960s, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 124934884

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1112 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: knotts berry farm,zoo,san diego,mary,park,phillip
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: california
Date: 1963 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: California, United States 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 8mm home-movie footage of Seattle's Space Needle for documentary inserts, city-history sequences, travel retrospectives, or landmark establishing material.
Period detail: The Space Needle's saucer-shaped observation deck and low-angle visitor framing support an early-1960s landmark travel context, with the 1963 date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot upward look at a major landmark, emphasizing personal travel observation rather than a staged architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Space Needle crown, observation deck railing, central mast, angled support legs, purple-tinted sky, film borders, and contact-sheet frame divisions.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, purple color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief landmark cutaway, travel-memory beat, city transition, or visual punctuation within a 1960s Pacific Northwest sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a modernist observation tower in a domestic travel-film viewpoint, showing how visitors recorded prominent American landmarks in the 1960s.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark, copyright, and property-related use should still be reviewed for the intended production context.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 8mm Space Needle footage, Seattle landmark home movie, 1960s observation tower film, and vintage Washington travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Seattle or 1963 travel footage, then with broader 1960s landmark and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm frame showing Seattle's Space Needle from below, with the observation deck and support legs visible against a purple-tinted sky. — The Space Needle is filmed from below, with its circular observation deck filling the upper frame.

Low-angle 1963 8mm view of the Space Needle's saucer-shaped deck and central structure, framed by dark scan borders. — A slightly shifted view centers the Space Needle crown and underside structure.

1963 home-movie frame of the Space Needle viewed upward, with the circular deck, railings, and angled supports prominent. — The tower top appears closer, emphasizing the circular deck and vertical support structure.

Final 1963 8mm frame of Seattle's Space Needle from below, with the observation deck, support legs, and a thin foreground pole or wire visible. — The Space Needle remains centered as a thin foreground element crosses near the lower portion of the frame.

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