Worlds Fair Seattle-1974: Sunset over Silhouetted Hills with Red and Gold

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationSeattle, Washington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sunset over Silhouetted Hills with Red and Gold — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset viewed through a window frame. The horizon glows with intense red, gold, and orange hues, contrasting against a deep blue sky with scattered clouds. Silhouetted hills stretch across the lower frame, while subtle film grain and natural light variations enhance the nostalgic, archival quality of the footage. A flock of birds briefly appears in the final frame, adding movement to the tranquil scene. This authentic 1970s home movie offers a peaceful, timeless moment perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125632820

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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 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: Seattle, Washington, 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 1970s archival edits needing a quiet 8mm sunset insert, atmospheric transition, or reflective nature cutaway without visible people or brands.
Period detail: The frames show a film-era home-movie view of sunset through a dark window frame, with no visible landmarks to confirm the Seattle World's Fair reference in the title.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a brief, unstaged household or travel observation, holding on changing evening light rather than recording a planned event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark window frame, silhouetted low hills, a glowing horizon, blue upper sky, scattered clouds, and warm red-gold light near sunset.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft grain, mild exposure variation, dust specks, and gate framing that give the sunset a physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective transition, end-of-day cutaway, memory beat, or quiet visual pause between 1970s home-movie sequences.
Historical context: As visual context, the clip records a private or traveler's attention to landscape and evening light, rather than a public event or identifiable location.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright and any source-reel permissions should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1974 8mm sunset footage, 1970s home movie sky, vintage clouds at dusk, red-gold horizon, and window-framed landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then any confirmed 1974 Seattle material, then broader 1970s 8mm sunsets, skies, and travel atmosphere.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm home-movie frame of a red-gold sunset over silhouetted hills, viewed through a dark window frame. — A warm sunset glows along the horizon beneath scattered clouds and a dark window frame.

Blue sky and warm sunset clouds over a dark horizon, with the window frame dividing the 8mm view. — The sunset remains low behind cloud bands, with the landscape reduced to silhouette.

A home-movie sunset frame shows glowing yellow-orange light under clouds, with silhouetted hills below. — Golden evening light spreads beneath a long cloud bank over the dark ridge line.

Final 8mm frame of a red-gold sunset over silhouetted hills, with small birds crossing the sky. — Small birds appear in the sunset sky as orange light fades over the horizon.

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