Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Historic Church Tower With Carved Eye And Pointed Steeple

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Saint Louis Missouri

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Historic Church Tower With Carved Eye And Pointed Steeple — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a historic stone church tower in Saint Louis, Missouri. The clip features a slow upward pan, revealing the building's classical architecture, arched windows, and a prominent carved eye motif on the facade. The structure culminates in a pointed steeple against a deep blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic period footage for historical or religious content.

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: 127731634

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 1616 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1961-1964
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1964 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: Saint Louis, Missouri, 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 Saint Louis church exterior footage for documentaries needing a brief architectural cutaway or religious streetscape insert.
Period detail: The stone tower, arched openings, carved eye-like facade detail, and pointed steeple may show an older church filmed from street level in 1964.
Home-movie behavior: The framing has a visitor-shot feel, lingering on the tower details rather than staging people or an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include stone church towers, arched windows, a triangular pediment, a carved eye motif, a pointed steeple, blue sky, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, saturated blue color, slight softness, and handheld reframing that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, architectural transition, or quiet memory beat for Saint Louis, church, or 1960s urban history sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents how a mid-century home-movie camera records historic religious architecture through selective upward views rather than a full building survey.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but church identity, property concerns, and copyright status should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 8mm Saint Louis church tower, Missouri historic church exterior, carved eye facade, and pointed steeple home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1964 Saint Louis exterior footage, then church architecture, urban landmarks, or religious building details.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis 8mm view of a stone church tower with a triangular pediment and deep blue sky. — Stone church tower and roofline framed by the camera gate.

Upper portion of a Saint Louis church tower with stone blocks, arched carving, and blue sky in 1964 home-movie footage. — Carved detail on the upper church tower appears as the camera pans upward.

1964 8mm frame showing a church tower belfry with an arched window and the lower part of a pointed steeple. — Belfry window and steeple base fill the lower-left frame.

Pointed steeple and arched tower window of a Saint Louis church, captured on 8mm film in 1964. — Pointed steeple and upper tower framed against clear blue sky.

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