Ithaca New York-1979: Bright Orange Sun Shining Through Clouds With Dark Blue Sky

$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.

Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationIthaca, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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

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Bright Orange Sun Shining Through Clouds With Dark Blue Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic sunset over Ithaca, New York. The sun appears as a bright, elongated orange orb, partially obscured by a low cloud layer, casting a warm glow across the horizon. The sky transitions from deep indigo to fiery orange, with a dark silhouette of land and trees below. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, cinematic feel. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1970s Americana.

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: 125225834

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: 1979 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: Ithaca, New York, United States 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: 1979 8mm home-movie sunset footage for documentary inserts, mood transitions, regional archives, or period sequences needing a natural Upstate New York sky view.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1970s amateur color-film rendering through saturated orange light, deep blue shadows, visible grain, and simple landscape framing rather than identifiable built-era details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, holding on a dramatic sunset from a distant outdoor vantage without people, performance, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low orange sun, layered clouds, dark blue sky, silhouetted hills, tree line, faint water or valley haze, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows heavy grain, saturated color, soft focus, high-contrast exposure, and slight frame-to-frame variation that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short atmospheric cutaway, memory beat, time-of-day transition, or visual pause within 1970s home-movie or regional documentary sequences.
Historical context: As supported by the metadata, this shows a 1979 Ithaca-area sunset as a domestic landscape view, with no visible people, signage, landmarks, or social event context.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright licensing, location context, and any project-specific clearance requirements.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1979 8mm Ithaca sunset, Super 8 orange sun through clouds, 1970s home movie sky, and vintage New York landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1979 Ithaca or New York landscape material, then with broader sunset, weather, nature, or memory-themed footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 8mm Ithaca sunset frame with a bright orange sun partly hidden by low clouds over dark hills and a deep blue sky. — The sun glows through a low cloud layer above a dark horizon.

1979 8mm Ithaca sunset view with a wide orange glow under dark clouds and a nearly black hillside silhouette below. — A broad orange band of sunset light stretches over the dark ridge.

1979 8mm Ithaca frame showing the sun low behind a cloud bank, with saturated orange light fading into dark blue sky. — The sunset flares beneath a cloud bank with the land in silhouette.

1979 8mm Ithaca sunset frame with a compact orange glow at the horizon under a dark blue sky and silhouetted land. — The sun drops to a small glow along the dark horizon line.

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