Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: Building In The City At Day

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Philadelphia Pennsylvania

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Building In The City At Day — Clip Details

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA-1962: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a weathered urban building with arched windows and fire escapes, its facade marked by the era's architectural style. A hanging banner advertises a dance event, adding a touch of community life. The footage, shot from a moving vehicle, shows a classic car in the foreground, with the camera tilting upward to reveal the building's full height. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a nostalgic, authentic 1960s street scene, perfect for historical documentaries or period pieces.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 127708199

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: 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: Useful for 1960s Philadelphia city-establishing material, urban architecture inserts, and documentary cutaways needing a brief home-movie street view.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century cars, fire escapes, arched windows, and a hanging dance banner that may show neighborhood commercial or community activity.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to film casually from a moving vehicle, tilting upward as a visitor or passenger records the building rather than staging the scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a weathered multi-story facade, arched windows, fire escapes, storefront awnings, a hanging dance sign, parked or passing cars, and street-level shadows.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, blue-faded color, visible grain, dark frame edges, and handheld motion that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short exterior insert, transition beat, urban memory cutaway, or visual bridge in a 1960s Philadelphia sequence.
Historical context: The clip records an everyday city facade and street frontage, offering social context through architecture, signage, and traffic rather than a named landmark.
Research note: The visible sign or banner may require identification review; copyright, trademark, property, and location permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Philadelphia street building, 8mm urban facade, fire escape city exterior, and home movie downtown architecture may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Philadelphia exteriors, then broader 1960s urban building and street-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Philadelphia street view of a multi-story building with storefront awnings, fire escapes, a hanging dance sign, and a car in the foreground. — A moving street-level view passes a weathered city building with awnings, fire escapes, and a hanging dance banner.

1962 Philadelphia building exterior seen from a moving vehicle, with arched windows, fire escapes, storefront awnings, and a partially readable sign. — The camera shifts along the facade, keeping the hanging sign, fire escapes, and upper windows in view.

1962 Philadelphia upward-looking shot of a tall urban facade with repeated windows, a plain wall surface, and an arched lower opening. — The camera tilts upward, emphasizing the building height and repeated window pattern.

1962 Philadelphia upward angle on a multi-story building corner, showing rows of windows, a pale sky, and an adjacent darker structure. — The final frame holds on the upper stories of the building, with the neighboring structure entering at right.

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