Woodland Hills California-1969: Cars Passing Under Overpass

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationWoodland Hills, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Woodland Hills California

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Cars Passing Under Overpass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched street in Woodland Hills, California. The camera moves forward along a multi-lane road, passing under a concrete overpass with traffic lights and utility poles lining the route. Classic American cars from the era drive in both directions, their headlights visible as they pass. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color fade, and slight instability of Super 8 film, offering authentic archival footage of 1960s suburban transportation and infrastructure.

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: 127604891

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 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: Woodland Hills, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s suburban California transportation requests needing a brief home-movie view of cars approaching and passing beneath an overpass.
Period detail: The clip shows period automobiles, overhead utility poles, traffic signals and a concrete overpass consistent with the supplied 1969 Woodland Hills metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The moving-camera view suggests an unstaged passenger or driver perspective, recording ordinary street travel rather than a planned public event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a multi-lane road, period cars, lane markings, utility poles, a concrete overpass, traffic lights and sun-hazed roadside space.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, color fade, gate movement and intermittent scratches that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, road-travel transition, suburban infrastructure cutaway or memory beat within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday automobile movement through a suburban Los Angeles-area road corridor without showing identifiable people or storefront detail.
Research note: No faces, brands or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location, roadway and incidental property considerations should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1969 Woodland Hills road footage, 8mm California street traffic, vintage cars under overpass and 1960s suburban driving may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Woodland Hills or 1969 California street views, then broader 1960s traffic and road footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Woodland Hills street view from moving 8mm footage, with cars ahead, lane markings, utility poles and an overpass. — Cars travel along a sunlit multi-lane road toward a concrete overpass.

Moving 8mm view of a Woodland Hills road in 1969, showing traffic under an overpass with poles and signals nearby. — Traffic moves toward and under the overpass in a suburban road corridor.

1969 Woodland Hills road footage shows the camera nearing an overpass as period cars move through sun glare. — The moving camera approaches the overpass as cars pass through bright sun glare.

Late-frame 8mm view of 1969 Woodland Hills traffic passing beneath a concrete overpass with utility poles overhead. — Several cars pass near the overpass as the road continues through a hazy suburban setting.

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