New York City-1960: Empire State Building Tilt Up From Low Angle

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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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Empire State Building Tilt Up From Low Angle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures the Empire State Building from a low-angle perspective, emphasizing its towering height against a bright blue sky. The grainy, slightly blue-tinted footage shows the building's iconic concrete and glass facade, with rows of windows stretching upward. The camera slowly tilts upward, revealing the structure's vertical lines and architectural details. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of New York City's skyline during the mid-20th century, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or urban nostalgia 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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127724264

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: 1960s New York City home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests needing an exterior architectural cutaway of the Empire State Building.
Period detail: The visible clues are the tower's facade, blue sky, handheld framing, and 8mm color stock, with the 1960 date supported by clip metadata rather than readable frame details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot landmark perspective, looking sharply upward as a handheld camera tilts along the building's height.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Empire State Building facade, vertical window rows, stepped upper massing, bright sky, dark film-frame borders, and contact-print divisions.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, slight blue-green color cast, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld motion that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, skyline transition, architectural cutaway, or brief memory beat for mid-century New York material.
Historical context: The footage places a recognizable New York landmark within a casual home-movie view, emphasizing tourist observation and urban scale rather than street activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright status and any property or trademark concerns tied to landmark depiction.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 New York City 8mm Empire State Building, low-angle skyscraper tilt, vintage Manhattan landmark footage, and home-movie architecture cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1960 New York City or Empire State Building material, then broader vintage skyscraper and urban landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City 8mm frame showing the Empire State Building from below with dark film borders and a blue sky. — The tower is framed from street level, emphasizing height and vertical window rows.

1960 New York City home-movie frame looking up the Empire State Building facade, with visible grain and edge darkening. — The camera continues upward along the facade, compressing the building into tall vertical lines.

1960 New York City 8mm frame with the Empire State Building filling most of the view during an upward tilt. — The facade fills the frame as the handheld camera tracks the building's upward lines.

1960 New York City frame showing the Empire State Building facade from below, with visible 8mm grain and heavy edge shadowing. — The final frame holds on the facade's vertical window pattern and dark film-edge shadow.

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