Yorktown Virginia-1958: A Green Truss Bridge Above A Forest

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

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A Green Truss Bridge Above A Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a green truss bridge spanning over a forested area in Yorktown, Virginia. The footage is framed by dark window borders, suggesting it was filmed from inside a vehicle or building. The bridge's steel structure and suspension cables are visible against an overcast sky, with treetops lining the lower edge of the frame. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural wear, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American infrastructure and landscape.

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: 127286143

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm footage for productions needing a brief archival view of American roadway or bridge infrastructure in a wooded Virginia landscape.
Period detail: The green steel truss span, muted color, overcast sky, and 8mm home-movie framing support a mid-century travel or roadside view, with the 1958 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, apparently filmed through dark foreground framing from inside a vehicle or structure rather than from a staged vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a green bridge span, vertical supports, suspension-like cables, pale gray sky, dark frame borders, and treetops along the lower edge.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight exposure variation, and gate or contact-sheet borders that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, geographic transition, infrastructure insert, or quiet travel-memory beat within a mid-century sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a bridge crossing above trees in Yorktown, Virginia, offering visual context for mid-century road travel and built landscape without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still verify copyright status and any location or property concerns for their project.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 8mm bridge footage, Yorktown Virginia home movie bridge, mid-century American infrastructure, and forested truss bridge view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yorktown or Virginia travel footage, then broader mid-century bridges, roads, and wooded landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm Yorktown, Virginia view of a green bridge crossing above trees, seen through dark foreground borders. — A green bridge span runs across the upper frame above a line of trees.

Yorktown, Virginia bridge footage from 1958 showing a green truss-like span over trees in soft 8mm color. — The bridge continues across the frame with trees silhouetted below.

A 1958 8mm frame shows the green bridge crossing above a wooded edge, with soft focus and dark border framing. — Steel supports and cables appear above the treetops in a softly exposed frame.

Final 1958 Yorktown bridge view with the green span, supports, and treeline partially enclosed by dark film-frame edges. — The bridge recedes across the frame above trees, with the film border visible at the sides.

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