Los Angeles California-1961: View Of Tan Buildings Green Trees And Blue Sky On A

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationLos Angeles, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 California

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View Of Tan Buildings Green Trees And Blue Sky On A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a large tan institutional building surrounded by lush green trees and a clear blue sky. The footage, likely filmed from a moving vehicle, shows a person in a red coat walking along a path and a white structure in the foreground. The classic Super 8 aesthetic features natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic period footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127559977

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1740 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: indian pow wow
Reel-level year note: 1961-1966
Reel-level location note: san bernardino,california,slaton sea
Date: 1961 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 requests needing 1961 Los Angeles exterior home-movie views of civic or institutional-looking buildings, landscaping, and street-adjacent movement.
Period detail: The tan masonry facades, tall windows, manicured plantings, and 8mm color stock may show an early-1960s Southern California institutional setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot or passenger-shot perspective, with brief glimpses of grounds and a distant pedestrian rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include tan buildings, white trim, evergreen trees, shrubs, lawn, blue sky, a path, and a small red-coated figure.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, natural grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and motion blur consistent with handheld filming from a moving viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, transition, Los Angeles memory beat, or cutaway for mid-century institutional exteriors.
Historical context: The view suggests landscaped public or campus-like grounds in 1961 Los Angeles without confirming the building identity or specific institutional use.
Research note: People are distant and not identifiable, but likeness, property, location identity, and copyright status should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Los Angeles 8mm building exterior, vintage California institutional grounds, tan buildings with trees, and home-movie street views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1961 Los Angeles exteriors, then broader mid-century California building and landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Los Angeles 8mm frame showing a tan building partly obscured by evergreen trees and lawn. — A tan institutional-looking building appears behind dense evergreen trees.

1961 Los Angeles exterior view of a tan building with white trim, roof vents, shrubs, and a distant red-coated pedestrian. — A distant pedestrian in red passes near the landscaped front of a tan building.

1961 Los Angeles 8mm view of landscaped grounds with trees, shrubs, lawn, and a pale building or wall partially visible. — Trees and shrubs fill the foreground as a pale structure appears at the left edge.

1961 Los Angeles frame showing a white building behind trees, with landscaped grounds and street-side foreground blur. — A white building is glimpsed through trees and shrubs from a moving viewpoint.

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