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New York City-1960: View Of Large Building Against Pale Blue And Gold Sunset

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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View Of Large Building Against Pale Blue And Gold Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a view from inside a darkened room looking out a window at a pale blue and gold sunset. Silhouetted trees and a tall structure, possibly a crane or tower, stand against the fading light. The frame is bordered by deep shadows, with faint lights visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and film artifacts, evoking a nostalgic, intimate glimpse of New York City at dusk.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K restored master (MP4)
License
Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127725067

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

  • 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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Topics & Keywords

  • color
  • building
  • structure
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  • 1960
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  • vintage 8mm film
  • sunset view from window
  • Super 8 home movie
  • 1960s home movie footage
  • archival film
  • nostalgic cityscape
  • 8mm film grain
  • vintage film artifacts
  • dusk in New York
  • 1960s Americana
  • classic home movie
  • window view footage
  • retro film
  • 8mm home movie
  • 1960s nostalgia
  • vintage cityscape
  • old film footage
  • 1960s documentary
  • 8mm film clip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1960 New York City home-movie footage for editors needing a brief dusk window-view insert, urban atmosphere cutaway, or reflective transition.
Period detail
The frames may show a mid-century interior vantage point with window framing, distant bare trees, small lights, and a silhouetted tower or crane against sunset.
Home-movie behavior
The clip has the private, unstaged feel of someone filming from inside a dark room toward the fading light outside.
What appears in frame
Visible details include dark window edges, pale blue and gold sky, silhouetted trees, a narrow tower-like structure, distant points of light, and heavy interior shadow.
Film character
The 8mm scan carries soft exposure shifts, dense shadow, visible grain, scratches, and color variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
Use it as a quiet insert, dusk transition, interior-looking-out cutaway, or memory beat between urban or domestic scenes.
Historical context
The view suggests an ordinary urban evening rather than a named landmark, with the city seen indirectly through window framing and silhouette.
Research note
No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but location and any property identification should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match
Useful for searches such as 1960 New York City 8mm sunset window view, vintage home movie dusk interior, and silhouetted urban structure.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 New York City material, then broader dusk, window-view, or urban atmosphere footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 New York City home-movie frame looking from a dark room toward sunset, with bare trees and a small tower-like silhouette outside.
A dim interior frames a pale evening sky, trees, and a small silhouetted structure.
A dark 1960 New York City interior view toward dusk, with a pale strip of sky and faint distant lights visible beyond the window.
The frame falls into shadow, leaving only a pale sky edge and small distant lights.
A nearly black home-movie frame from inside a room, showing a bright vertical window edge and a small distant light at dusk.
A bright window edge cuts through the dark interior, with one small light outside.
Late clip frame with blue-black shadow, a bright curved window edge, and pronounced 8mm grain and exposure variation.
Blue-black shadow and a bright window edge dominate the final dusk frame.

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