Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: View Of White Ywca Sign On Side Of Brown Building

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Philadelphia Pennsylvania

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View Of White Ywca Sign On Side Of Brown Building — Clip Details

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA-1962: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a street-level view of a city block, focusing on a prominent white YWCA sign on the side of a brown building. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows classic mid-century architecture with multi-story buildings lining the street. A few cars are parked along the curb, and a pedestrian walks in the distance. The image has a distinct blue color cast and film grain, characteristic of 1960s home movies. The clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into urban life in Philadelphia during the early 1960s, perfect for historical documentaries or retro-themed projects.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127708168

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.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1619 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: philadelphia,penn
Date: 1962 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: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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: 1962 Philadelphia street footage for documentary or museum uses needing a brief urban cutaway with a visible YWCA sign and mid-century buildings.
Period detail: The parked cars, masonry high-rises, streetlamp, and large wall-mounted YWCA sign support an early-1960s city-block reading.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from street level with a visitor-like handheld pause, briefly reframing the same block rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a YWCA wall sign, multi-story buildings, parked cars, a streetlamp, a sidewalk, distant pedestrians, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, grain, and visible gate edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, urban transition, organizational cutaway, or memory beat within a Philadelphia sequence.
Historical context: The clip places a civic or organizational sign within a dense commercial streetscape, showing everyday urban surroundings without identifying a specific address.
Research note: The YWCA sign and distant pedestrians may require trademark, copyright, likeness, and context review depending on use, even if no music is audible.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1962 Philadelphia 8mm street scene, YWCA sign on building, mid-century city block, and home movie urban footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Philadelphia 1962 street views, then broader 1960s urban signage and organization-building footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Opening 1962 Philadelphia home-movie frame with heavy gate shadow and a partial view of a city block beyond it. — A mostly obscured opening frame reveals part of the street through dark film edges.

1962 Philadelphia street-level view showing tall buildings, curbside cars, and a small distant pedestrian figure. — Tall buildings and parked cars line the blue-tinted street view.

1962 Philadelphia frame showing a mid-century block with tall facades, storefront-like windows, parked cars, and film-edge shadow. — The camera settles on a row of tall buildings along the street.

1962 Philadelphia street frame with a prominent YWCA sign on a multi-story building and nearby urban facades. — A large YWCA sign appears on the upper side of a building along the block.

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