Yorktown Virginia-1958: Picture Of A Large Suspension Bridge

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

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Picture Of A Large Suspension Bridge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a large suspension bridge in Yorktown, Virginia, viewed through a dark frame or window. The green-painted steel structure rises against a pale, overcast sky, with its cables and truss supports clearly visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight flicker, and natural film wear, conveying a nostalgic, archival quality. The camera remains steady, focusing on the bridge's engineering details, evoking mid-century Americana and civil engineering history.

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: 127286116

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: 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: Yorktown, Virginia, 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: Useful for 1950s documentary or education edits needing a brief home-movie view of a large bridge near Yorktown, Virginia.
Period detail: The green steel bridge, pale sky, and 8mm framing support a mid-century travel-film reading without identifying a specific landmark from the stills alone.
Home-movie behavior: The view feels visitor-shot, held from behind a dark window or frame while observing the bridge structure rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark film or window borders, a green bridge deck, suspension or support cables, lattice towers, pale overcast sky, and small tree shapes below.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, slight flicker, and edge wear that give the bridge view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel insert, engineering detail, or quiet transition in a mid-century Virginia or infrastructure sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a large steel bridge within a 1958 home-movie travel context, suggesting everyday attention to roads, crossings, and public works.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but landmark identity and any property or copyright questions should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Research searches might include 1958 8mm Yorktown Virginia bridge, vintage home movie suspension bridge, and mid-century civil engineering footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Yorktown or 1958 Virginia travel shots, then broader bridge, roadway, and civil engineering home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yorktown, Virginia home-movie frame showing a large green steel bridge behind dark film or window borders. — A large green bridge crosses the frame under an overcast sky.

Large green bridge structure near Yorktown, Virginia, framed by dark edges in a soft 8mm home-movie still. — Bridge cables and towers appear through the dark frame edges.

1958 home-movie still of a large green bridge near Yorktown, with structural supports visible beneath the deck. — The camera holds on the bridge deck and lower support structure.

Final 8mm frame of the Yorktown-area bridge, showing the green span, cables, and supports through a dark frame. — The bridge span remains centered as trees appear along the lower edge.

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