Worlds Fair Seattle-1974: Mountains Silhouetted at Sunset

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

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Mountains Silhouetted at Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic sunset over a silhouetted mountain range. Warm golden light glows along the horizon, illuminating scattered clouds in hues of orange and amber. The scene is framed by dark, shadowed edges, suggesting a view through a window or doorway. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 footage from the era, evoking a nostalgic, contemplative mood. This archival clip offers a quiet, scenic moment from a classic American summer.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125632839

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm scenic home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet sunset insert, transition, or atmospheric memory beat.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1970s amateur travel view, with no visible landmarks or location-specific identifiers beyond the silhouetted natural horizon.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the sunset from a fixed, visitor-shot vantage, emphasizing observation rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a glowing horizon, silhouetted mountain ridge, scattered clouds, dark frame edges, warm orange light, and a fading blue sky.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft grain, mild color shift, uneven exposure, and dark gate-like borders that give the scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, end-of-day transition, travel-memory insert, or quiet pause between more active archive scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects amateur color home-movie practice of recording scenic travel moments without identifying people, signage, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, though copyright and any contextual location claims should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm sunset, vintage home movie mountain silhouette, Super 8 scenic horizon, and archival travel sunset footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with confirmed 1974 Seattle or travel material if available, then with other sunset or mountain cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970s 8mm frame showing a warm sunset glow behind silhouetted mountains and scattered clouds, bordered by dark film edges. — Sunset light glows behind a silhouetted mountain ridge.

A warm orange sunset spreads across clouds above a dark mountain ridge in archival 8mm home-movie footage. — Clouds catch orange light above the dark ridge line.

Vintage 8mm frame with a bright golden band of sunset beneath clouds and a nearly black mountain horizon. — A bright band of sunset light sits below the cloud layer.

The sunset dims toward pink and amber tones over a silhouetted ridge, with soft grain and dark 8mm frame edges. — Fading pink and amber light settles over the ridge.

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