New York City-1960: One Tall Building in NYC

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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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One Tall Building in NYC — Clip Details

NEW YORK CITY-1960: A grainy 8mm home movie captures a tall building in New York City, its silhouette framed against a bright, overexposed sky. The footage begins with a dark, textured screen, then reveals a vertical sliver of light, gradually resolving into the top of a skyscraper. The camera remains static, focusing on the building's peak against the bright background, with faint silhouettes of poles or antennae visible. The image is characterized by the distinct grain and color shift of vintage 8mm film, evoking a sense of urban nostalgia and archival history.

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: 127725092

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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for 1960s New York City home-movie material showing an abstract, vertical view of a tall building or skyline detail for documentary, museum, or editorial use.
Period detail: The 8mm color, heavy grain, exposure shift, and static framing support the listed 1960 New York City context, though no specific landmark or street detail is identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on a narrow architectural silhouette and bright sky rather than staging action or a composed commercial city view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark vertical building forms, overexposed sky panels, thin pole or antenna shapes, faint branches, window-like edges, film grain, and color cast.
Film character: The footage carries a physical 8mm texture with dense shadows, blown highlights, soft focus, gate jitter, and blue-purple color shift typical of aged home-movie scans.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a moody urban insert, transition, memory beat, or abstract establishing cutaway within a 1960s New York sequence.
Historical context: The view reflects mid-century amateur filming of urban height and light in New York City without enough visual detail to identify the building, address, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any property-identification concerns for their intended use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960 New York City 8mm building silhouette, vintage NYC skyscraper detail, home movie urban skyline, and overexposed city architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1960 New York City footage, and finally with vintage urban architecture or skyline cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 1960 New York City 8mm frame showing dark architectural forms and a narrow bright sky strip. — Dark building-like forms frame a bright vertical strip of sky.

Grainy 8mm frame from the listed New York City clip with a bright vertical sky panel and a thin pole-like silhouette. — A narrow bright panel and thin pole-like silhouette appear between dark vertical forms.

1960 New York City 8mm frame with dark vertical architecture, overexposed slivers of sky, and faint branch silhouettes. — Thin bands of light and faint branches cut through a mostly dark urban frame.

Grainy 1960 New York City 8mm frame showing a bright sky opening, dark building edges, thin poles, and faint branches. — A bright sky opening is framed by dark vertical edges, poles, and faint branches.

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