Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: Archival 8mm Footage Of 13-Star American Flag In The Wind

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

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Archival 8mm Footage Of 13-Star American Flag In The Wind — Clip Details

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA-1962: Archival 8mm home movie footage captures a classic American street scene. An American flag, featuring the 13-star Betsy Ross design, waves in the breeze from a building facade. The view, framed by a dark foreground, shows a sunlit urban street with vintage cars, period architecture, and a man in a suit walking past. The film exhibits natural grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, characteristic of 1960s amateur Super 8 footage. This authentic slice of Americana is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content.

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: 127708656

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: Archival 8mm footage from 1962 Philadelphia supports requests for early-1960s American street life, patriotic building detail, or urban cutaway material for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The 13-star American flag, suited pedestrian, older street signage, masonry storefronts, and period cars may show a mid-century Philadelphia commercial street scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged passerby view, with the camera watching a flag and sidewalk activity from a partially obscured street-level position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a 13-star American flag, building facades, sidewalk signs, leafy street trees, vintage cars, a suited adult pedestrian, and dark foreground framing.
Film character: The footage carries an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight handheld movement, and faded color typical of small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, establishing cutaway, or memory beat for Philadelphia, Americana, public streets, or historic flag imagery.
Historical context: The scene places patriotic decoration within everyday urban pedestrian life rather than a formal ceremony, parade, or identifiable public event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, public-street property context, and any location identification should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1962 Philadelphia 8mm street footage, Betsy Ross flag on building, 1960s American urban street, and home movie patriotic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Philadelphia 1962 street footage, and then with broader 1960s Americana, flags, architecture, or sidewalk-life material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A 13-star American flag hangs from a Philadelphia building facade in 1962, with street signs, trees, and older cars visible beyond a dark foreground edge. — 13-star flag above a shaded city sidewalk.

A 13-star American flag waves from a Philadelphia building in 1962 as a suited adult man appears near the right edge of the shaded sidewalk view. — Flag and suited passerby on the street.

A 1962 Philadelphia street view shows a 13-star American flag above the sidewalk while a suited adult man walks past storefronts and parked or passing cars. — Suited pedestrian passes beneath the flag.

A corner building in 1962 Philadelphia carries a 13-star American flag, with white street signs, windows, a doorway, trees, and deep shadow framing the view. — Corner facade with flag and street signs.

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