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New York-1959: The Camera Pans Up The Tall Building And Captures The Details Of

  • Year1959
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationNew York, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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The Camera Pans Up The Tall Building And Captures The... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a low-angle pan up a towering Manhattan skyscraper. The footage exhibits a strong green color cast and heavy grain, characteristic of early color film stock. The camera moves steadily upward, revealing the building's repetitive window grid against a pale sky. The image is framed by dark borders, with visible film scratches and dust, enhancing its authentic archival quality. This clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of New York City's mid-century architecture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125576153

Rights & Clearance

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 1101 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label
north pole,game farm,amusement park, reel 2
Reel-level year note
1959
Reel-level location note
new york
Date
1959 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
New York, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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

  • camera
  • work
  • pans
  • buildings
  • tall
  • building
  • captures
  • details
  • landmarks
  • new york
  • 1959
  • 1959 New York
  • 8mm film
  • vintage skyscraper
  • green tint
  • film grain
  • archival footage
  • camera pan
  • tall building
  • New York City
  • mid-century
  • old film
  • urban
  • architecture
  • cityscape
  • film damage
  • vintage footage
  • old footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • vintage film
  • 1950s
  • city
  • camera movement
  • film stock
  • analog
  • analog film
  • nostalgic

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Supports requests for 1950s New York exterior architecture footage, especially documentary inserts needing a visitor-shot upward view of a tall city building.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 New York 8mm frame showing a low-angle, green-tinted view of a tall building face against pale sky.
The camera begins close to the side of a tall building, with window rows softened by green color cast.

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