Virginia City California-1937: View Of St Mary's Cathedral On A Clear Sunny Day

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Year1937
Decade1930s
LocationVirginia City, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1937 Virginia City California

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View Of St Mary's Cathedral On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1937, this vintage home movie captures St. Mary's Cathedral in Virginia City, California, on a clear sunny day. The footage shows the brick Gothic-style church with its distinctive arched entrances and a large tree partially obscuring the facade. The camera slowly tilts upward, revealing the cathedral's steeple and clock face against a bright blue sky. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century American architecture and community life.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127259843

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: 1937 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: Virginia City, California, 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: 1930s 8mm landmark footage suited to documentary, museum, or education requests for small-town church architecture and visitor-shot civic views.
Period detail: The brick Gothic-style facade, arched entrances, steeple, and open street-side view may show a 1930s visitor record of a historic church setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a tourist or visitor viewpoint, holding on the facade and tilting upward to take in architectural details rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red brick church facade, pointed arches, a central tree, steeple masonry, rooflines, blue sky, and nearby low buildings.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld framing, and gentle motion blur that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short establishing insert, architectural cutaway, town-history transition, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage places a church exterior within a bright outdoor streetscape, offering visual context for religious architecture and local travel filming.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are apparent, but copyright status and any property or landmark permissions should be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1930s 8mm church exterior, Virginia City St Mary's Cathedral, brick Gothic church facade, and vintage home movie landmark.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1937 Virginia City material, and then with comparable church, landmark, or small-town architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1937 8mm view of St. Mary's Cathedral in Virginia City, California, showing arched entrances, brickwork, and a tree across the facade. — The opening frame holds on the lower church facade and arched entrances behind a large tree.

Visitor-shot 1937 view of the brick cathedral facade in Virginia City, with pointed arches and a tree centered in front. — The camera remains on the front elevation, with the tree partially covering the central doorway area.

1937 8mm frame of St. Mary's Cathedral showing more of the upper facade, roofline, arched entries, and tree in front. — The tilt begins to reveal higher architectural details while retaining the arched entrance view.

Late-frame 1937 view tilting upward on the Virginia City cathedral, showing the steeple section above the brick facade and tree. — The final frame raises the view to the steeple area and upper facade against the sky.

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