New York City-1964: Silhouetted Statue Of Liberty In Vintage 8mm Footage

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 New York

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Silhouetted Statue Of Liberty In Vintage 8mm Footage — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1964: A grainy, high-contrast 8mm home movie captures the Statue of Liberty in silhouette against a purple-tinged sky. The footage begins with a dark, obscured view, transitions through a bright overexposed frame, and then reveals the iconic monument's profile. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: heavy grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, vintage aesthetic. This archival clip offers a raw, personal glimpse of a historic American landmark from the mid-1960s.

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: 125499926

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: Yes
Minors 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 1070 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: worlds fair
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1964 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 City, 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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s New York City travel or landmark requests needing brief 8mm home-movie footage of the Statue of Liberty and visitor impressions.
Period detail: The silhouetted Statue of Liberty and visitor-shot framing support a mid-1960s New York harbor context, with clothing and faces only partly visible in dark, grainy frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a tourist filming from a moving or obstructed viewpoint, shifting from people nearby to a quick landmark view rather than a staged composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark human faces, overexposed film flare, a partial patterned shirt, a pale surface, purple sky, and the Statue of Liberty in silhouette.
Film character: Heavy grain, color drift, high contrast, exposure bloom, and handheld framing give the 8mm scan a tactile home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short landmark insert, travel-memory beat, or transitional cutaway within a sequence about 1960s New York City visits.
Historical context: The footage shows a personal encounter with a major public monument, emphasizing tourist perspective and film-era texture rather than formal documentary coverage.
Research note: People and faces appear in some frames, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and landmark/property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 New York City 8mm home movie, Statue of Liberty silhouette, vintage harbor travel footage, and 1960s tourist landmark film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1964 New York City material, then with broader 1960s travel and landmark home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dark 8mm frame from the New York City clip showing a partially visible adult face with glasses in heavy grain and shadow. — A shadowed face appears briefly in the grainy opening frame.

Grainy 8mm frame showing a partially visible adult with glasses, obscured by a bright overexposed horizontal area. — A nearby person is partly hidden by an overexposed strip of film.

Close, washed-out 8mm frame with a partial patterned shirt, pale foreground surface, and color-shifted exposure. — The camera passes through a bright, abstract close-up before the landmark view.

1964 New York City 8mm frame showing the Statue of Liberty in dark silhouette against a purple-blue sky. — The Statue of Liberty appears in silhouette against the tinted sky.

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