New York City-1960: Old Video Of A Large Ornate Building

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 New York City

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Old Video Of A Large Ornate Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a grand, ornate building in New York City. The footage features a low-angle view of the structure's detailed facade, with its distinctive turrets, arched windows, and intricate stonework. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus evoke a strong sense of nostalgia. The camera pans upward, revealing the building's impressive height and architectural complexity against a pale blue sky. This archival clip offers a glimpse into mid-century urban life and classic New York architecture.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127724058

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1960 New York City archival requests needing a brief architectural exterior cutaway of an ornate high-rise building for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century visitor-shot footage of an older ornate urban building, with stone facade detail, steep rooflines, turrets, arched windows, and a pale sky.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a casual street-level home-movie view, with the camera looking upward and reframing the building rather than presenting a staged architectural study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall ornate facade, rounded corner bays, steep gables, arched windows, dark rooflines, adjacent building edges, sky, and a partial circular street sign or fixture.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of the original home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short exterior insert, location transition, city-memory beat, or architectural cutaway within a 1960s New York sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a street-level view of historic-looking urban architecture in New York City without showing pedestrians, traffic, signage, or a specific public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but building identity, location specificity, copyright status, and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researcher search phrases might include 1960 New York City 8mm building exterior, ornate Manhattan architecture home movie, and vintage urban facade footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1960 New York City exteriors, and then with broader vintage city architecture or landmark-establishing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City 8mm frame looking upward between urban buildings toward part of an ornate high-rise facade and a circular street fixture. — Street-level upward view toward an ornate building, partly obscured by nearby structures and a circular fixture.

1960 New York City 8mm frame showing a tall ornate building facade with rounded bays, steep rooflines, and many windows against the sky. — Ornate high-rise facade with rounded corner bays and steep roof details seen from below.

1960 New York City 8mm frame centered on the upper portion of an ornate building with gabled rooflines, window rows, and masonry detail. — Upper facade detail of the ornate building, with gables, turrets, and repeated window rows.

1960 New York City 8mm frame showing the building corner from below, with a rounded bay, tall window rows, and sunlit stonework. — Building corner viewed from street level, with rounded bay windows and sunlit facade detail.

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