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Clarendon Hills Illinois-1969: Driving On The Highway For The First Time

  • Year1969
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationClarendon Hills, Illinois, United States
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1969 Clarendon Hills Illinois
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Driving On The Highway For The First Time — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a first-person view of driving on a multi-lane highway through Clarendon Hills, Illinois. The footage shows the car passing under a concrete overpass and continuing along a wide road flanked by grassy embankments. The view is framed by the car's dashboard and windshield wipers, with a distinct purple color cast and film grain characteristic of Super 8 home movies. A single vehicle is visible ahead, emphasizing the open road and sense of motion. This authentic archival clip evokes mid-century Americana and the era of early interstate travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127406846

Rights & Clearance

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 1343 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label
#9,easter,grandma granpa visit,spring rainbow,opening day,little league,baseball
Reel-level year note
1969
Reel-level location note
clarendon hills, illinois, woodland hills, california
Date
1969 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Clarendon Hills, Illinois, United States Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
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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Topics & Keywords

  • cars
  • road
  • drive
  • bridge
  • highway
  • driving
  • time
  • sports
  • recreation
  • clarendon hills illinois
  • 1969
  • 1969 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • highway driving 1969
  • first-time driving
  • road trip 1960s
  • American highway
  • vintage car footage
  • retro driving
  • Super 8 home movie
  • archival driving clip
  • 1960s Americana
  • old film footage
  • road travel 1969
  • vintage road trip
  • classic car drive
  • 8mm film
  • nostalgic driving
  • historic highway
  • vintage travel

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing first-person suburban highway driving footage from an 8mm home-movie source.

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