South Carolina-1958: French and American Flags Hoisted on White Art Deco Tower

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationSouth Carolina, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 South Carolina

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French and American Flags Hoisted on White Art Deco Tower — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures the top of a white Art Deco-style tower in South Carolina against a deep blue sky. Two flags fly at the summit: the American flag and a French tricolor, both fluttering in the wind. The building features distinctive red vertical accents and a geometric design, with a windsock visible near the peak. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic period detail for historical or editorial projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127283337

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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: 1958 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: South Carolina, 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

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 1950s South Carolina archive requests needing a brief exterior cutaway of flags flying atop a modernist tower.
Period detail: The white geometric tower, red vertical accents, and saturated 8mm color may show mid-century civic or roadside architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark perspective, holding on the tower top and flags rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white tower crown, red vertical trim, American and French flags, a dark windsock or pennant, deep blue sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, strong color saturation, slight softness, and handheld framing that give the shot physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, location transition, patriotic cutaway, or visual memory beat within a 1950s travel sequence.
Historical context: The paired American and French flags suggest a public-facing decorative or ceremonial setting, though the exact building and event are not identified in the frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identity, and any property-use questions should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm South Carolina tower flags, French and American flags home movie, white Art Deco tower, and mid-century travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel South Carolina travel shots, then other 1958 South Carolina exteriors, then broader 1950s flag, tower, and civic-landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 South Carolina 8mm frame showing the upper section of a white tower with red trim and flags flying in a blue sky. — American and French flags fly above the white tower crown.

The tower crown remains framed from below, with the American flag, French tricolor, and a dark wind marker visible near the peak. — Flags and a wind marker are visible at the tower summit.

A slightly wider 8mm view shows the white and red tower top with flags fluttering above, set against clear blue sky. — The camera holds on the white tower and flags from below.

The final frame shows the tower top shifted right, with flags and a dark wind marker still visible against the saturated blue sky. — Flags continue to flutter at the top of the red-trimmed tower.

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