Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: Historic Brick Building With Classical Architecture

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

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Historic Brick Building With Classical Architecture — Clip Details

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA-1962: This vintage 8mm home movie footage captures a historic brick building with classical architectural details, including arched windows, a prominent pediment, and a flagpole. The clip, shot on 8mm film, shows the structure from multiple angles under bright daylight, with a blue sky visible. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight grain, color shifts, and soft focus—evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana feel. The building's grand scale and ornate design suggest a significant landmark, possibly a church or civic hall, with a person briefly visible in one frame. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127708500

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: 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 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 home-movie footage for documentary cutaways needing a civic or religious-looking brick landmark exterior with classical architectural detail.
Period detail: The frames show a brick building with arched windows, pedimented roofline, balustrade, flagpole, and bright daylight that may reflect mid-century visitor filming.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the exterior from several nearby angles, giving the clip a visitor-shot record of a notable building rather than a staged architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark brick walls, arched windows, white trim, a pediment, rooftop balustrade, finials, flagpole, trees, and deep shadow.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, blue color shift, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, transition, or memory beat for 1960s Philadelphia or historic-building sequences.
Historical context: The clip visually places a formal older building within an urban Philadelphia setting, but the exact landmark function is not confirmed by the frames.
Research note: People are flagged visible at clip level, so likeness review may be needed; building identification and property considerations should be checked separately from copyright.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1962 Philadelphia 8mm building exterior, historic brick architecture home movie, classical arched windows, and civic or church facade footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Philadelphia exteriors, then broader historic brick architecture or landmark visit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Philadelphia 8mm frame showing a brick building exterior with arched windows, white trim, flagpole, and leafy shade. — Brick facade with arched windows and a flagpole seen from a close street-level angle.

1962 Philadelphia frame of the building's upper facade, showing a pediment, arched trim, rooftop balustrade, finials, and blue sky. — Pedimented upper facade and rooftop balustrade against a clear blue sky.

1962 Philadelphia 8mm view of a brick landmark exterior with white cornice, rooftop balustrade, arched opening, and deep shadow. — Angled exterior view emphasizes the white roofline and classical trim.

1962 Philadelphia frame showing the shadowed side facade with rooftop balustrade, arched windows, bare branches, and small bright forms near the base. — Shadowed side facade with arched windows and roof balustrade partly obscured by branches.

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