Philadelphia Pennsylvania-1962: Night View Of Pennsylvania Hospital Sign

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

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Night View Of Pennsylvania Hospital Sign — Clip Details

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA-1962: A dimly lit, atmospheric night scene captures the Pennsylvania Hospital sign, illuminated against the dark backdrop. The vintage 8mm film footage shows a weathered white sign with black lettering, mounted on a fence, with the hospital's name and founding date visible. The low-light conditions and grainy texture of the Super 8 film create a nostalgic, archival mood, offering a rare glimpse of a historic Philadelphia landmark at night.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & whiteNight
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: 127709228

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archive requests for 1960s Philadelphia hospital exteriors, night signage, and brief editorial inserts of a historic medical landmark shot on 8mm film.
Period detail: The visible sign identifies Pennsylvania Hospital and includes its founding date, while the low-light color 8mm look and metadata place the footage in Philadelphia in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering briefly on a sign and building frontage rather than presenting a staged institutional view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Pennsylvania Hospital sign, dark building facade, windows, fence or railing, a partial classical building exterior, and black film borders.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, dim exposure, blue color shift, soft focus, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location identifier, nocturnal transition, or memory beat in a sequence about Philadelphia, hospitals, or urban landmarks.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for a recognized Philadelphia medical institution as seen from the street at night, without showing staff, patients, or interior activity.
Research note: Review sign lettering and institutional identification for trademark, copyright, and location-use context; no people are visible, but medical-institution subject matter may need editorial review.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Philadelphia 8mm hospital sign, Pennsylvania Hospital exterior at night, historic medical landmark home movie, and vintage urban signage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1962 Philadelphia exteriors, and then with broader themes of hospitals, historic landmarks, night streets, and signage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Philadelphia 8mm frame showing a partial classical building facade, columns, blue cast, and heavy dark frame edge. — A dim, angled view of a classical building exterior appears at the start of the clip.

Night 8mm frame in Philadelphia showing the Pennsylvania Hospital sign against a dark building facade and nearby windows. — The Pennsylvania Hospital sign is visible against a dark exterior wall.

Low-light 1962 Philadelphia frame showing the Pennsylvania Hospital sign, dark windows, and shadowed exterior details. — The camera holds on the hospital sign in a very dark street view.

Final low-light 8mm frame of the Pennsylvania Hospital sign with a shadowed facade and window behind it. — The sign remains centered as the surrounding building falls into darkness.

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