India-1969: Red and Blue Flags on Rooftop Flagpoles

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Red and Blue Flags on Rooftop Flagpoles — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this archival footage captures a row of flagpoles on a building's rooftop in India. Most poles are empty, but one displays a red flag, while another holds a blue flag. The scene shows a modern building facade with large windows and a tiled base, with a rooftop utility structure visible in the background. The footage has a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture typical of vintage home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Indian architecture and civic display.

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: 125062933

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1969 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: India 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

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 India 8mm rooftop flagpole cutaway for documentaries needing civic architecture, institutional exterior detail, or travel-era establishing texture.
Period detail: The modern facade, tiled roof edge, slim flagpoles, and saturated small flags may show mid-century institutional or hotel architecture in India.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a nearby vantage point, holding on architectural details rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rows of empty flagpoles, one red flag, one blue flag, large window bays, a tiled parapet, rooftop equipment, and distant small figures.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows purple color shift, soft focus, grain, slight exposure variation, and a brief reframing typical of handheld home-movie footage.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short exterior insert, transitional beat, or atmospheric cutaway between broader India travel or city sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a public-facing building exterior and rooftop display, offering architectural context without confirming the site or event.
Research note: People appear only as distant small figures, but copyright, likeness, location, and property questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1969 India 8mm building flagpoles, vintage rooftop flags, Indian modern facade, or archival civic exterior cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 India exteriors, then broader clips of flags, rooftops, and modern urban buildings.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 India 8mm frame showing a building rooftop lined with flagpoles, including a blue flag, above large window bays. — Flagpoles line the edge of a modern building rooftop, with a small blue flag visible among mostly empty poles.

1969 India 8mm frame of rooftop flagpoles on a modern building, with a red flag and distant people near the base. — A red flag hangs from one pole while the rest of the rooftop flagpoles appear empty above the facade.

1969 India 8mm frame showing rooftop utility details, vents, poles, and a low parapet under a purple color cast. — The camera shifts to rooftop equipment and a low parapet, with utility structures silhouetted against the sky.

1969 India 8mm frame of rooftop mechanical details and pipes behind a plain parapet, with no readable markings. — Rooftop pipes, vents, and utility equipment sit behind the building parapet as the shot continues.

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