Michigan USA-1960: Suspension Bridge over Water Under Overcast Sky

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Michigan

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Suspension Bridge over Water Under Overcast Sky — Clip Details

MICHIGAN USA-1960: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a long suspension bridge spanning a wide body of water under a heavily overcast sky. The footage, shot from a beach with sand and foliage in the foreground, shows gentle waves lapping the shore. The bridge's structure, with its distinctive towers and truss design, stretches across the frame, appearing slightly hazy through the film's grain and color degradation. The overall mood is quiet and nostalgic, characteristic of mid-century American travel footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125496941

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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: Michigan, 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 1960s Michigan travel, infrastructure, shoreline, or Great Lakes documentary edits needing quiet visitor-shot bridge footage.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and home-movie framing support the 1960 metadata and may show mid-century leisure travel documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a beach or shoreline overlook, holding on the bridge as a traveler might record a landmark during a cloudy stop.
What appears in frame: A long suspension bridge spans open water beneath heavy clouds, with low waves, shoreline foliage, beach edge, and dark film borders visible.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft exposure, and intermittent frame-line artifacts that give it authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, coastal cutaway, or reflective memory beat around Michigan journeys.
Historical context: The footage places a major bridge within a quiet shoreline view, showing infrastructure as encountered through personal travel filming rather than official documentation.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but bridge identification, location claims, copyright status, and any property issues should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches for 1960s Michigan 8mm bridge footage, cloudy shoreline home movie, suspension bridge over water, or vintage Great Lakes travel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1960 Michigan travel footage, then with bridges, shorelines, overcast water, and road-trip landmarks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing a long bridge across open water under heavy clouds, with shoreline plants in the foreground. — A distant bridge spans the water beyond a cloudy shoreline view.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame with a long truss and suspension bridge viewed across calm water from the shore. — The bridge stretches across the horizon under dense cloud cover.

1960 Michigan 8mm frame showing the bridge tower and truss line across water, with beach edge and dark foliage below. — A bridge tower and span appear through soft, grainy home-movie color.

1960 Michigan home-movie frame of a long bridge crossing open water, with small waves and dark plants along the lower edge. — Small waves break near shore as the bridge recedes across the water.

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