Worlds Fair Seattle-1974: A Simple And Nice Lighthouse

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Year1974
Decade1970s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Simple And Nice Lighthouse — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this clip captures a vibrant scene from the World's Fair in Seattle. The footage features a tall, white clock tower with a pointed roof against a bright blue sky, alongside a modern stone structure with arched metal elements. The image has a distinct vintage color palette with saturated blues and greens, typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. The scene is bathed in bright daylight, with tree branches framing the left side of the frame. The film shows natural grain and slight color shifts, preserving the authentic look of 1970s amateur footage.

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: 125632628

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 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: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1970s 8mm travel footage for productions needing visitor-shot views of modern civic architecture, a clock tower, and fairground-like public spaces.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-1970s leisure travel imagery, with bright daylight architecture, arched metal forms, and a separate night view of a sail-like modern building.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor's handheld perspective, lingering on recognizable-looking structures without staged action or formal coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white clock tower, stone wall with partial lettering, metal arches, blue sky, tree branches, distant vehicles, and a nighttime illuminated modern building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated blues, warm night exposure, soft focus, gate edges, grain, and minor color shifts typical of amateur physical-film footage.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, location transition, or architectural atmosphere beat in a 1970s sequence.
Historical context: The footage records public-facing architecture and tourist observation rather than a documented ceremony, parade, or identifiable official event.
Research note: People are flagged at clip level, so likeness review may be needed; also verify any readable building text, landmark identity, copyright, and property permissions separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1970s 8mm public architecture, vintage fairground clock tower, home movie civic plaza, or 1974 travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel footage, then with confirmed same-location or same-year material, and then with other 1970s public architecture or world's fair themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 8mm nighttime frame showing an illuminated modern building with sail-like roof forms and bright lamps against a dark sky. — Nighttime architectural view with glowing lamps and a sail-like roofline.

Daylight 8mm frame showing a tall white clock tower, a stone building with partial lettering, metal arches, blue sky, and tree branches. — White clock tower and stone structure filmed from a visitor's viewpoint.

Handheld 8mm daylight frame with a tall white clock tower, stone wall with partial text, arched metal forms, tree branches, and distant vehicles. — Daylight view of a clock tower and adjacent public building details.

Stable 8mm frame of a white clock tower beside a stone building with partial lettering and curved metal arches under a saturated blue sky. — Clock tower and arched architectural elements under clear daylight.

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