Cincinnati Ohio-1949: Multi-Story Office Building with Curved Architecture

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationCincinnatti, Ohio, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Multi-Story Office Building with Curved Architecture — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a large, multi-story apartment and office building in Cincinnati, Ohio. The structure features distinctive curved architectural elements, numerous windows, and a light-colored brick facade. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows slight camera movement and is marked by the characteristic grain, scratches, and soft focus of mid-century home movie film. The scene evokes a quiet, everyday urban atmosphere from the late 1940s.

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: 127601950

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: 1949 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: Cincinnatti, Ohio, 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: 1949 8mm urban establishing footage for productions needing a neutral Cincinnati apartment or office building exterior from the late 1940s.
Period detail: The light brick facade, curved corner bays, rows of windows, and flat roofline may show mid-century urban apartment or office architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot feel, filmed from behind a dark window frame with small handheld shifts rather than a staged architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale multi-story building, curved corner windows, balconies, many rectangular windows, tree tops, gray sky, and dark foreground window bars.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, dust, scratches, mild exposure washout, and handheld framing give the 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition, or quiet city-memory beat within a 1940s urban sequence.
Historical context: The view documents everyday urban built environment rather than a public event, with no people, signage, or street activity visible in these frames.
Research note: No faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any property or location concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1949 Cincinnati 8mm building exterior, late 1940s apartment office facade, curved windows urban architecture, and home movie city cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Cincinnati or Ohio 1949 exteriors, then with broader mid-century urban architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Cincinnati building exterior viewed through a window frame, showing a light brick facade, curved bays, and soft 8mm film texture. — A multi-story light brick building appears behind dark foreground window framing.

Cincinnati urban building exterior from 1949, framed by a dark vertical bar with rounded bays and many windows visible. — The camera shifts across a large building facade with curved architectural elements.

1949 8mm view of a Cincinnati apartment or office facade with a rounded bay, balconies, repeated windows, and rooftop detail. — A rounded corner section and rows of windows dominate the building exterior.

Late 1940s Cincinnati building exterior with curved window bay, balconies, repeated windows, and visible 8mm dust and scratches. — The final frame centers the curved bay and balcony details of the large building.

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