India-1969: Outside A Commercial Building Showing The Name: President Hotel

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationIndia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Outside A Commercial Building Showing The Name:... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a view of a commercial building in India. The camera pans across the structure, revealing a prominent red "HOTEL" sign and large gold Chinese characters above it. The footage shows the building's rooftop with ventilation units and a weathered facade, all rendered in the distinct purple-tinted, grainy aesthetic of Super 8 film. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century architecture and signage in an Indian urban setting.

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: 125062936

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for productions needing late-1960s India street-view material of urban hotel signage or commercial building exteriors.
Period detail: The red HOTEL and PRESIDENT lettering, gold Chinese characters, rooftop vents, and weathered concrete facade may show mid-century commercial signage in an Indian city.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld pan has a visitor-shot perspective, observing the building facade and rooftop signage without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red hotel lettering, partial PRESIDENT sign text, gold Chinese characters, concrete walls, rooftop equipment, vents, windows, and striped awning fabric.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows purple color shift, soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition into a sequence about hotels, urban signage, or India in 1969.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for a commercial hotel facade with multilingual-looking signage, rooftop utilities, and dense urban architectural surfaces.
Research note: Visible hotel lettering and signage should be reviewed for trademark or location identification issues, separate from copyright and any property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 India hotel exterior 8mm, President Hotel sign, vintage Indian commercial building, and home movie urban signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other India 1969 urban exteriors, then broader hotel, signage, and travel cutaway footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 India 8mm frame showing a cropped commercial building facade with partial red hotel lettering, vents, and rooftop equipment. — Cropped view of the hotel facade and rooftop utilities as the camera begins its pan.

1969 India 8mm frame showing red HOTEL letters below gold Chinese characters on a weathered commercial building facade. — The pan centers on the HOTEL sign and gold characters mounted above the facade.

1969 India 8mm frame showing the hotel sign, gold characters, small vents, and striped awning fabric below the facade. — A closer portion of the facade shows HOTEL lettering with rooftop sign details above.

1969 India 8mm frame showing the PRESIDENT portion of the hotel sign beneath gold characters and rooftop utilities. — The pan reaches the PRESIDENT sign text across the lower facade.

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