Izmir Turkey-1962: Partially Built Apartment Block Overlooking Sea

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

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Partially Built Apartment Block Overlooking Sea — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a distant view of a partially constructed late apartment block in Izmir, Turkey. The low-angle perspective, framed by a dark window edge, reveals a modernist stone building with large windows and a flat roof, overlooking a calm sea under an overcast sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and subtle film jitter evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into mid-century urban development and coastal architecture.

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: 127008194

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s urban development, coastal housing, or Izmir establishing cutaways in documentary, museum, education, or period research edits.
Period detail: The flat-roofed stone apartment block, sparse surroundings, and coastal horizon may show mid-century residential construction in Izmir.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot or resident-viewpoint feel, filmed from behind a dark window edge rather than staged for formal architectural coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stone apartment block, dark window framing, flat roofline, balcony or glazed section, sea horizon, cloudy sky, shrubs, and small distant people.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, faded color, visible grain, light jitter, and exposure falloff at the frame edges as part of its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, location insert, memory beat, or transition into material about housing, travel, or coastal urban change.
Historical context: The view places modern residential construction beside a coastal landscape, offering visual context without confirming the building's exact identity or use.
Research note: People appear only distantly, but likeness and property review may still be needed; copyright clearance is separate from location or personal rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Izmir 8mm apartment construction, Turkey coastal apartment block home movie, and 1960s urban housing cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1962 Izmir footage, then with clips showing coastal housing, construction, or mid-century urban views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Izmir view of a stone apartment block framed by a dark window edge, with a flat roofline, shrubs, sea horizon, and overcast sky. — A distant coastal apartment block is viewed from behind a dark window edge.

A 1962 Izmir home-movie frame shows the apartment block from a distance, including dark framing, broad windows, shrubs, and the sea beyond. — The apartment block sits below a muted coastal horizon and cloudy sky.

The camera holds on a distant 1962 Izmir apartment block, with dark window framing, stonework, open windows, vegetation, and the sea behind. — Dark foreground edges frame the stone apartment block and coastal background.

A distant 1962 Izmir view shows the stone apartment block, glazed balcony section, shrubs, sea horizon, and tiny people near the building. — Small distant figures appear near the coastal apartment block.

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