Izmir Turkey-1962: Wildfires Burn Down Peoples Homes Family And Life The

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIzmir, Turkey
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Izmir Turkey

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Wildfires Burn Down Peoples Homes Family And Life The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this archival footage captures the aftermath of a devastating wildfire in Izmir, Turkey. The clip shows a hillside community reduced to rubble, with collapsed homes and debris scattered across the landscape. Survivors gather among the ruins, their figures small against the scale of destruction. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of vintage home movie footage. This raw, unfiltered documentation offers a poignant glimpse into a moment of communal loss and resilience.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127003735

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: 1962 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: Izmir, Turkey 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

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 documentary edits needing brief 8mm evidence of wildfire damage, hillside housing loss, and community aftermath in Izmir, Turkey.
Period detail: The frames show modest hillside dwellings, tile roofs, bare trees, and rough paths that may show early-1960s urban-edge housing conditions.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distant, unstaged vantage as residents gather and move through damaged homes and debris after the fire.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include collapsed roofs, whitewashed houses, rubble, smoke-darkened structures, hillside terrain, bare trees, and small groups of people.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate shadowing, and handheld framing consistent with scanned home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, cutaway, or memory beat to establish destruction, displacement, or recovery after a community disaster.
Historical context: The footage visually documents damaged hillside housing and residents among ruins, without enough detail to identify individuals or confirm the cause beyond metadata.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and contextual sensitivity should be reviewed separately from copyright and source-format permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Izmir Turkey wildfire aftermath, 8mm disaster footage, burned homes, hillside settlement damage, and residents among rubble.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Izmir 1962 material, then broader wildfire aftermath, housing loss, reconstruction, or disaster-recovery footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Izmir hillside community with collapsed roofs, rubble, and residents gathered near fire-damaged homes. — Residents stand among damaged hillside homes and scattered debris after a fire.

View across an Izmir hillside settlement showing burned rooflines, damaged homes, and residents in the foreground. — A distant view shows damaged homes and people gathered below the hillside.

Izmir hillside homes with visible roof damage, bare trees, and scattered debris in soft 8mm color. — The camera holds on damaged hillside housing and debris after the fire.

Wide 1962 Izmir view of fire-damaged hillside houses, collapsed roofing, rubble, and distant residents. — Collapsed roofing and smoke-darkened debris fill the hillside settlement view.

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