Milwaukee Wisconsin-1964: Purple Sky Sun Is Going Down To The End Of Day

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Wisconsin

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Purple Sky Sun Is Going Down To The End Of Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic sunset over Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Silhouetted tree branches frame a fiery sky ablaze with deep orange and red hues, transitioning into soft purple clouds as the sun dips below the horizon. The grainy texture and warm color palette evoke a nostalgic, romantic atmosphere, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial 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: 125307387

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: 1964 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: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Milwaukee home-movie sunset footage for documentary inserts, atmospheric transitions, or period memory sequences needing non-identifiable exterior scenery.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1964 urban or residential-area sky view, with bare tree branches and saturated sunset color as the main visible era-neutral clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet observational value of a home-movie camera lingering on changing evening light rather than recording a staged event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include silhouetted branches, a dark roofline or structure edge, orange sunset glow, purple cloud bands, soft horizon light, film grain, and frame-edge shadows.
Film character: The 8mm image carries visible grain, warm color shift, slight softness, and exposure variation that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief sunset cutaway, day-ending transition, reflective pause, or memory beat between scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents how a home-movie operator framed weather and sky color as a subject, without visible people, signage, landmarks, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private-property details are visible, but copyright, location claims, and any property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Milwaukee 8mm sunset, 1960s home movie purple sky, vintage film clouds, and silhouetted trees at dusk.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Milwaukee material, then related 8mm sunset, sky, weather, and evening-transition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Milwaukee 8mm frame with dark bare branches crossing a saturated orange sunset sky. — Bare tree branches silhouette a fiery orange sky near sunset.

1964 Milwaukee home-movie frame showing silhouetted limbs and a dark roofline or structure edge against orange dusk light. — Tree limbs and a dark edge frame the orange evening sky.

1964 Milwaukee 8mm frame of purple cloud bands and orange lower sky, seen through dark frame-edge shadows. — Purple cloud bands spread across the fading orange sky.

1964 Milwaukee home-movie frame with purple cloud cover and warm orange light near the horizon at day's end. — The sunset fades into purple cloud cover near the horizon.

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