New York City-1960: Old Camera Panning Up The Statue Of Liberty From Ellis

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 New York City

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Old Camera Panning Up The Statue Of Liberty From Ellis — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1960: This vintage 8mm home movie captures the Statue of Liberty from a low-angle perspective, with the camera slowly panning upward to reveal the iconic green statue against a cloudy sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and a dark, vignetted frame typical of 1960s home movies. The shot emphasizes the monument's grandeur, with bare tree branches visible in the foreground, evoking a sense of historical Americana and nostalgic travel.

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: 127723727

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: 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 1615 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: november 23-26
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1960 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: New York City, New York, 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 New York City archive requests needing visitor-shot Statue of Liberty material for documentary inserts, education sequences, or travel-memory context.
Period detail: The low-angle view of the monument, muted color, dark frame edges, and bare branches fit a mid-century 8mm home-movie record of sightseeing in New York Harbor.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's handheld perspective, slowly tilting upward as someone records the Statue of Liberty from below rather than staging a formal landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Statue of Liberty, its pedestal, cloudy sky, bare tree branches, dark film borders, and a low foreground edge near the base.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, bluish color shift, vignetting, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a landmark cutaway, arrival insert, patriotic memory beat, or transition into a New York City or immigration-history sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a mid-century home-movie encounter with a major public monument, emphasizing tourist viewpoint and scale without showing crowds or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status, source permissions, and any location-use requirements should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm Statue of Liberty footage, vintage New York City home movie, low-angle Liberty Island monument, and cloudy sky landmark pan.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1960 New York City or Statue of Liberty shots, then broader vintage U.S. travel and monument sightseeing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing the Statue of Liberty pedestal from a low angle with bare branches and cloudy sky. — Low-angle view begins near the Statue of Liberty pedestal beneath a clouded sky.

The camera holds on the Statue of Liberty pedestal and lower figure in a grainy 1960 New York City 8mm frame. — The upward pan continues across the pedestal and lower part of the statue.

Low-angle 8mm view of the Statue of Liberty rising above its pedestal, with bare branches against a cloudy New York sky. — The frame reaches the statue's body above the pedestal as branches edge the scene.

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing a fuller low-angle view of the Statue of Liberty and torch under a clouded sky. — The pan settles on a fuller view of the statue with the torch visible.

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