Washington USA-1963: Bottom Half Of Space Needle On A Clear Day

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Bottom Half Of Space Needle On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures the lower section of the iconic Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. The camera tilts upward, revealing the structure's distinctive concrete and steel framework against a clear, pale blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a purple-tinted hue typical of 1960s film stock. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century architecture and urban design, perfect for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124935608

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 1708 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 6.5 to dc with my father
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: hawaii,arizona,washington dc
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: Washington, 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 footage of Seattle's Space Needle supports documentary or educational requests for mid-century U.S. landmark and World's Fair-era architectural visuals.
Period detail: The pale sky, color shift, and view of the Space Needle's lower structure may show an early-1960s visitor perspective on Seattle's modern landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The upward tilt and tight framing suggest a visitor recording the scale of the landmark from ground level rather than a staged architectural study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Space Needle's lower legs, central elevator shaft, exterior ladder, platforms, railings, antenna-like poles, and clear blue sky.
Film character: The clip has 8mm grain, mild softness, gate edges, purple color fading, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, location insert, transition, or memory beat for Seattle, 1960s travel, or modern landmark sequences.
Historical context: The footage visually places a prominent Seattle landmark within a mid-century travel-film context without showing crowds, street life, or surrounding city detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark imagery may still require copyright, property, and editorial-use review by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1963 8mm Space Needle, Seattle landmark home movie, Washington travel footage, and 1960s modern architecture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1963 Washington or Seattle footage, then with other U.S. landmark and travel-home-movie clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 8mm view of the lower Space Needle structure in Washington, framed from below against a clear sky. — Lower section of the Space Needle filmed from a ground-level angle.

Visitor-shot 1963 8mm frame showing the Space Needle's lower supports and shaft against pale blue sky. — The camera frames the Space Needle's supports and central column.

1960s home-movie frame of the Space Needle's lower-to-mid structure, with visible grain and faded color. — A closer vertical view emphasizes the landmark's central shaft and lower bracing.

Tilted 1963 8mm frame of the Space Needle's lower platform, shaft, and supports against a clear sky. — The lower platform and structural legs remain in view as the handheld framing shifts.

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