New York USA-1954: A Tall Ornate Building With Arched Windows And Cupola

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Tall Ornate Building With Arched Windows And Cupola — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a grand, historic building in New York USA. The footage features a tall stone structure with ornate architectural details, including large arched windows, decorative stonework, and a prominent cupola. Lush green foliage frames the building, adding contrast to the warm-toned stone facade. The camera pans upward, revealing the building's impressive height and intricate design. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century urban architecture, perfect for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125298846

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 1950s New York architectural b-roll, especially documentary or education edits needing a brief exterior view of an ornate urban public building.
Period detail: The stone facade, tall gridded windows, arched openings and cupola may show mid-century views of older civic or institutional architecture in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera studying upper floors and details from street level rather than presenting a staged architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale stonework, arched and rectangular windows, decorative medallions, leafy foreground branches, dark film-edge shadows and a small rooftop cupola.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation and handheld framing that give the clip a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, upward-looking transition or memory beat within a New York history sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places older monumental architecture within a leafy urban setting, without enough evidence to identify the building or its original function.
Research note: No people, logos or brands are visible, but the building is unidentified, so users should assess location, property and copyright issues separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s New York building exterior, 8mm ornate architecture, arched windows cupola, and vintage urban landmark footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1954 New York exteriors, then broader mid-century urban architecture or landmark sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 New York 8mm frame showing a tall stone building with gridded windows, decorative panels and foliage in the foreground. — Leafy foreground frames the lower portion of an ornate stone facade.

1954 New York 8mm frame of an ornate building facade with a large arched window, stone detailing and foreground foliage. — A large arched window and narrow side windows appear through leaves.

1954 New York 8mm frame showing the upper section of a stone building with an arched central window and decorative round details. — The camera reaches the upper story, showing an arched window and round facade details.

1954 New York 8mm frame showing a pale dome-like roof and small cupola above the ornate building exterior. — A small cupola rises above the pale roofline near the end of the shot.

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