Texas USA-1963: Man Beside Variable Luminosity Science Project

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationTexas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Beside Variable Luminosity Science Project — Clip Details

A young man in a brown suit stands beside a science project display at a 1963 school fair in Texas. The project, titled 'Variable Luminosity,' features a board with moon phase images and a list of steps for a photovoltaic system. The man poses formally, hands clasped, next to a wooden chest with knobs and switches. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain, capturing a moment of mid-century American student achievement and scientific curiosity.

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: 125499612

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$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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: Texas, 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: Useful for 1960s Texas education sequences needing archival home-movie footage of a student science fair display and formal project presentation.
Period detail: The suit, narrow tie, classroom-style exhibit board, moon-phase photos, and hands-on wooden apparatus support a mid-century school fair setting.
Home-movie behavior: The young man stands stiffly for the camera beside his project while the handheld camera crops and reframes him like a family or school visitor recording a milestone.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Variable Luminosity board, moon-phase photos, typed project steps, a suited young man, a wooden control chest, knobs, switches, and nearby fair displays.
Film character: Warm 8mm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and light handheld drift give the clip the texture of original home-movie documentation.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for student science, mid-century education, amateur invention, or youth achievement themes.
Historical context: The footage shows a school-fair style science presentation centered on luminosity, moon imagery, and a hand-built apparatus, reflecting visible classroom exhibition culture.
Research note: People and display text are visible, so likeness, school-event identification, and any readable marks should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: 1963 Texas 8mm student science fair, young man with Variable Luminosity project, moon phase display board, mid-century school science exhibit footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material from the same fair, then other 1963 Texas school scenes, then broader 1960s science education or student project footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1963 Texas home-movie footage, a young man in a suit stands beside a Variable Luminosity school science project board. — A suited young man poses next to a Variable Luminosity science fair display.

A formally dressed young man stands with hands clasped beside a wooden apparatus at a 1960s Texas school science display. — The camera frames the student beside the wooden control box and surrounding exhibits.

The 8mm frame centers on a wooden science project control box, with the young man partly cropped at right. — The project apparatus fills the frame as the presenter remains partly visible.

The final frame shows the wooden apparatus in front of the suited presenter, with neighboring fair displays partly visible behind. — The science fair apparatus and presenter remain in view as the shot holds briefly.

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