New York City-1960: Ornate Historic Building with Cubs Club Cafe Sign

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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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Ornate Historic Building with Cubs Club Cafe Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a close-up view of a grand historic building in New York City. The grainy, high-contrast footage highlights ornate architectural details, including arched windows and decorative stonework, under dim lighting. A sign for the 'Cubs Club Cafe' is visible at the base, suggesting a bustling urban setting. The camera moves slightly, offering different angles of the structure's facade, evoking a nostalgic, authentic slice of mid-century NYC life.

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: 127724163

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960 New York City documentary edits needing a brief home-movie view of an ornate urban building facade.
Period detail: The arched windows, heavy stonework and street-level cafe sign may show mid-century New York commercial architecture as filmed in 1960.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing feels like a visitor or passerby pausing on architectural detail rather than a staged survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include arched upper windows, decorative stone trim, dark facade areas, a street-level cafe sign and film-frame borders.
Film character: Dense 8mm grain, dim exposure, slight handheld drift and contact-frame edges give the shot a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short architectural cutaway, city memory beat or transition within a mid-century New York sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a small street-level glimpse of older New York architecture and commercial signage without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: Visible signage or brand-like text should be reviewed separately from copyright, likeness and property considerations.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960 8mm New York building facade, vintage NYC cafe sign, ornate arched windows and home movie street architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then 1960 New York exteriors, then mid-century urban architecture and signage clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame showing a dim ornate facade with arched windows and small street-level signs. — Ornate building facade with signs at the base.

Dim 1960 New York City frame focused on upper facade stonework and an arched window area. — Upper facade detail with arched window forms.

Handheld 8mm frame of an ornate New York City building edge with arched window detail and visible film borders. — Facade edge and arched architectural detail.

Late frame from the 1960 New York City clip showing a dark ornate facade and arched detail under low exposure. — Low-light facade detail near the end of the shot.

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