Kenya-1969: Close-Up Old Building with Balcony and Pigeon

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Close-Up Old Building with Balcony and Pigeon — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a close-up view of an old building in Kenya. The footage shows weathered concrete facades, shuttered windows, and a small balcony with a metal railing. A pigeon perches on a ledge, adding life to the quiet urban scene. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a blueish tint, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains mostly static, focusing on architectural details and subtle textures of the structure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125063111

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: 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: Kenya 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Kenya archive requests needing an exterior urban building cutaway or quiet architectural insert from amateur 8mm footage.
Period detail: The shuttered windows, concrete facades, narrow balcony railings, and aged ledges may show mid-20th-century urban residential architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor or resident filming from a nearby window, holding on everyday building surfaces rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include weathered walls, shuttered windows, balcony railings, rooflines, ledges, dark window openings, and a perched pigeon.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, a cool blue cast, and slight handheld drift typical of home-movie scans.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition, or reflective memory beat in a Kenya sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a small-scale view of an urban exterior in Kenya without showing people, traffic, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but exterior property appearance and film copyright should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1969 Kenya 8mm building exterior, old balcony and shuttered windows, urban home movie cutaway, and pigeon on ledge footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Kenya 1969 exteriors, then broader 1960s urban architecture or street-detail footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a weathered exterior building facade, balcony railings, shuttered windows, and roofline details. — Weathered building facade with balcony railings and shuttered windows.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame with an old concrete facade, balcony rail, shuttered openings, and a small rooftop structure in view. — Old concrete building exterior with balcony rail and rooftop detail.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame looking past a nearby wall and dark shutter toward adjacent weathered building surfaces. — Close exterior view with a dark shutter and narrow space between buildings.

1969 Kenya 8mm frame showing a weathered building wall with dark windows, ledges, and a pigeon perched near a sill. — Pigeon perched on a ledge beside dark windows on a weathered facade.

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