Switzerland-1961: Casino and Hotel Buildings on Hillside

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationSwitzerland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Switzerland

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Casino and Hotel Buildings on Hillside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of a Swiss lakeside town nestled on a hillside. The clip pans across elegant European architecture, including the prominent Montana Hotel and a grand casino building with a Swiss flag. Lush green trees and rolling hills frame the cityscape, with a calm lake visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and slight camera movement, evoking a nostalgic mid-century European vacation atmosphere.

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: 125292811

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

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: 1961 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: Switzerland 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 Swiss lakeside-town footage for productions needing an establishing view of hillside hotels, casino frontage, and mid-century European travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The frames may show 1961-era resort architecture, visible hotel signage, a casino facade, lakefront railings, mature trees, and a Swiss flag along the waterfront.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from across the water, observing prominent buildings and hillside scenery rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake, waterfront casino building, hillside hotels, Montana signage, trees, railings, flags, and a white sail in one frame.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight handheld drift, muted color, and contact-sheet density changes that suit archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, resort-town cutaway, or memory beat in a Swiss or European vacation sequence.
Historical context: The view presents a mid-century tourist gaze on a Swiss lakeside resort area, with grand public-facing buildings set between water and wooded slopes.
Research note: Visible hotel and casino signage should be reviewed for trademark or location identification issues; copyright, property, and brand clearance remain separate questions.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Switzerland 8mm lakeside casino, Swiss resort town home movie, hillside hotels lake view, and vintage European travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Switzerland clips, then broader lakeside resorts, casinos, hotels, or European travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Swiss lakeside view with hillside hotels, trees, and a waterfront casino building seen in soft 8mm focus. — Hillside resort buildings rise above the waterfront casino and trees.

1961 Swiss resort-town view showing hillside hotels, casino frontage, trees, lake water, and a white sail passing in front. — A white sail crosses the lake below hillside hotels and casino buildings.

1961 Switzerland home-movie frame with casino signage, lakefront architecture, wooded hillside, and resort buildings above. — The casino facade sits below trees and hillside resort buildings.

1961 Swiss lakeside scene with a large resort building, arched windows, flags, trees, hills, and water in the foreground. — A large lakefront building with flags stands against wooded hills.

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