Los Angeles California-1969: High Twenty Story Grid Line Hotel Apartment

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Los Angeles California

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High Twenty Story Grid Line Hotel Apartment — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a towering high-rise apartment or hotel in Los Angeles, California. The building features a distinctive grid-like facade of repeating windows and balconies, characteristic of mid-century modern architecture. The footage, viewed through a film frame with visible grain and slight color fading, shows the structure under daylight, with construction equipment and vehicles visible at its base. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1960s urban development and residential design.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 127502183

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 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 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Los Angeles urban-development sequences needing an exterior high-rise apartment or hotel cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The repeating balcony-and-window grid, daylight street-level equipment, and 8mm color stock support a late-1960s Los Angeles high-rise setting from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld view feels like a visitor or passerby filming a notable tall building from street level rather than a staged architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad grid facade, rows of balconies or windows, rooftop edge, foreground machinery, street-level vehicles, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, gate-edge shadows, and slight handheld instability that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, or urban memory beat for Los Angeles housing, hotels, or mid-century high-rise growth.
Historical context: The view places a large residential or hotel-style tower within a developed Los Angeles streetscape, with equipment at the base suggesting nearby construction activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but building identity and property-related permissions should be reviewed separately from copyright licensing.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1969 Los Angeles 8mm high-rise exterior, mid-century apartment tower, hotel facade, urban construction, or home movie city building.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1969 Los Angeles exteriors, then broader 1960s urban architecture, construction, and residential high-rise footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a tall apartment or hotel-style high-rise with repeating facade lines and foreground equipment. — Street-level view of a large Los Angeles high-rise with a gridded facade.

The high-rise fills the frame, its horizontal rows and vertical grid visible above street-level machinery in Los Angeles. — The building facade dominates the frame, with equipment visible near the base.

A slightly shifted 8mm view frames the Los Angeles high-rise facade, a vertical pole, and construction equipment at street level. — Handheld framing catches the tower facade and activity at the lower edge.

Final frame of the Los Angeles high-rise exterior, showing the repetitive grid facade, street-level equipment, and visible 8mm frame borders. — The gridded tower remains centered as the short home-movie shot ends.

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