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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.

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationKenya
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

$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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • building
  • window
  • shot
  • balcony
  • plant
  • close-up
  • buildings
  • landmarks
  • kenya
  • 1969
  • 1969 Kenya home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • old building close-up
  • Super 8 archival footage
  • Nairobi architecture
  • 1960s African buildings
  • retro film footage
  • grainy 8mm
  • balcony view
  • shuttered windows
  • pigeon on ledge
  • urban decay
  • historic Kenya
  • vintage film
  • documentary footage
  • nostalgic home movie
  • 8mm home movie
  • architectural details
  • old concrete building
  • 1960s Kenya

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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