Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: Historic Brick Building With Ornate Windows And Arched Archway

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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 Ornate Windows And Arched... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a historic brick building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The footage pans across the structure's classic architecture, highlighting white-trimmed windows, an ornate arched window, and a colonnaded archway. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic mid-century feel. A few people walk in the lower frame, adding life to the scene. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of Philadelphia's historic streetscapes, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127709045

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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing Philadelphia home-movie views of historic brick civic or institutional architecture.
Period detail: The clip shows multi-pane sash windows, white trim, brick walls, older automobiles, and visitor clothing that fit the supplied 1962 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears to pan from a visitor's street-level viewpoint, catching passersby and parked cars without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible details include dark brick facades, white-trimmed windows, an arched central window, a covered archway, bare tree branches, pedestrians, and parked cars.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, handheld drift, and contact-sheet edge shadows that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, architectural cutaway, location transition, or mid-century memory beat.
Historical context: The footage places people and cars beside older Philadelphia brick architecture, offering urban streetscape context without proving the exact building identity.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness and location review may still be needed even though no logos or audible music are indicated.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Philadelphia 8mm home movie, historic brick building, arched windows, colonnaded archway, and mid-century urban streetscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Philadelphia material, then broader historic architecture or city street footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Philadelphia home-movie frame showing a dark brick facade with white-trimmed sash windows and a prominent arched window. — Brick facade with ornate arched window and white trim.

1962 Philadelphia frame showing a brick building wing, white-trimmed windows, an arched passage, trees, and distant pedestrians. — Building wing and arched passage with visitors at the lower right.

1962 Philadelphia home-movie view of a lower brick range, arched passage, bare tree branches, and pedestrians in the foreground. — Lower brick range seen through tree branches near an arched passage.

1962 Philadelphia frame showing brick architecture, an archway, tree branches, and parked cars along the street. — Brick building and archway with parked cars in the foreground.

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