Chicago Illinois-1968: Man Walking Past Illuminated Fountain In Urban Plaza

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man Walking Past Illuminated Fountain In Urban Plaza — Clip Details

A man in a white coat walks past a modern fountain with illuminated jets in an urban plaza, captured on 8mm film in 1968. The scene features a purple-tinted color grade and visible film grain, with bare trees and city buildings in the background. The footage transitions from a parked blue classic car with a man in a tuxedo to the man walking through the plaza, evoking a nostalgic, cinematic atmosphere of mid-century city life.

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: 125593944

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: Yes
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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date: 1968 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: Chicago, Illinois, 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 Chicago urban life requests needing home-movie footage of a downtown plaza, fountain activity, and a brief car-to-city transition.
Period detail: Visible period clues include a large mid-century sedan, formal dress, bare plaza trees, modern public sculpture, illuminated fountain jets, and 1960s color 8mm texture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a parked car moment to an observed pedestrian crossing a public plaza.
What appears in frame: Frames show a blue classic sedan, a man in formal wear, an illuminated fountain, a man in a white coat, bare trees, benches, modern sculpture, and city buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan has pronounced grain, soft focus, slight gate framing, purple-blue color shift, and handheld home-movie exposure variation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a city cutaway, memory beat, travel insert, or transition from personal car footage into an urban public-space scene.
Historical context: The footage visually places individual movement and public plaza design within late-1960s urban Chicago without establishing a specific event.
Research note: People and possible vehicle markings are visible, so copyright, likeness, location, and brand or plate-identification issues should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches may include 1968 Chicago 8mm plaza fountain, 1960s urban home movie, man walking past fountain, and classic car city footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Chicago 1968 material, then broader 1960s urban plaza, fountain, walking, and classic car footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Chicago home-movie frame showing a blue classic sedan in a parking area, with a formally dressed man beside the open door. — A man stands beside a parked blue sedan near a lakefront or park-like edge of the city.

1968 Chicago plaza view with glowing fountain jets, bare trees, surrounding buildings, and a pedestrian crossing the foreground. — A pedestrian passes the edge of a modern plaza fountain with bright water jets.

1968 Chicago frame of a man in a white coat crossing a public plaza, with glowing fountain jets and modern sculpture behind him. — A man in a white coat walks across the plaza as fountain jets glow behind him.

1968 Chicago home-movie frame showing a pedestrian in a white coat near bright fountain jets, bare trees, and a modern public sculpture. — The pedestrian continues across the plaza in front of the fountain and sculptural backdrop.

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