Baltimore Maryland-1961: View Of The River With Trees And Buildings And Houses

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Baltimore Maryland

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View Of The River With Trees And Buildings And Houses — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene view from a moving vehicle or boat, looking across a calm river toward a grassy shoreline. Trees and low buildings line the far bank under a cloudy sky, with a distant flagpole visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and a nostalgic, observational quality, offering authentic archival material for historical or documentary projects.

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: 127475259

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: 1961 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: Baltimore, Maryland, 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: 1961 Baltimore-area 8mm footage suited for documentary cutaways needing a quiet waterfront, riverbank, or mid-century travel-view establishing shot.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1960s shoreline view with low buildings, open grassy banks, scattered trees, and a distant vertical spire or pole seen across the water.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming from a moving vehicle or boat, recording the passing river view without posed subjects or planned action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, grassy shoreline, cloudy sky, tree clusters, low houses or buildings, a distant spire or pole, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, exposure variation, gate edges, and slight motion blur that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, location cutaway, or reflective memory beat between urban, travel, or waterfront sequences.
Historical context: As a home-movie view, it documents a modest waterside landscape near Baltimore rather than a named landmark or event visible in the frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed by the user.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Baltimore 8mm river view, vintage Maryland waterfront home movie, 1960s shoreline footage, and archival river cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Baltimore or Maryland footage, then broader 1960s waterfront and travel-view material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Baltimore-area 8mm frame looking across calm water toward a grassy shoreline with trees and low buildings under clouds. — View across the river toward a low grassy bank with trees and buildings in the distance.

1961 Baltimore-area 8mm view across water to a low green shore with scattered trees and small distant structures. — Passing view of the waterfront, with trees and low buildings beyond the river.

1961 Baltimore-area frame showing a broad river foreground and a low shoreline with trees and small structures in the distance. — Broad river foreground with a low, tree-lined shore and distant structures beyond.

1961 Baltimore-area 8mm frame of a river shoreline with open grass, distant low buildings, trees, and a slim vertical spire or pole. — Open grassy shoreline with distant buildings and a slim vertical feature near the horizon.

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