Saint Louis Missouri-1964: Dark Gothic Revival Building with Conical Turret

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

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Dark Gothic Revival Building with Conical Turret — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a dark, imposing stone building in Saint Louis, Missouri. The structure features Gothic Revival architecture with pointed arches, small windows, and a conical-roofed turret. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows a slow pan across the historic facade under bright daylight, highlighting its textured stonework and intricate details. The grainy, slightly overexposed film quality adds to the nostalgic, archival feel of this classic American home movie.

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: 127731988

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival edits needing an exterior cutaway of a dark stone Gothic Revival building in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and mid-century home-movie exposure may show a 1964 visitor view of older stone architecture.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera lingering on the facade and turret rather than staging a formal architectural survey.
What appears in frame: Visible details include dark stone walls, pointed arch openings, a conical turret roof, small windows, rooflines, railing, and heavy film-edge shadow.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and dark vignetting that place the scene in a physical home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief exterior insert, architectural cutaway, transition beat, or moody establishing detail.
Historical context: The scene documents a mid-century home-movie encounter with older urban architecture, without confirming the building name or original use.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but building identification and property-related use should still be reviewed separately from copyright.
Research search match: Searches for 1964 Saint Louis 8mm Gothic Revival building, conical turret home movie, dark stone historic facade, or vintage Missouri architecture may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Saint Louis material from 1964, then other historic stone buildings or Gothic Revival exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Saint Louis 8mm frame showing a dark stone facade with pointed arches, roof details, and heavy edge shadow. — A shadowed stone facade with Gothic-style arches appears beneath a steep roofline.

The camera pans along the Saint Louis building exterior, showing dark masonry, arched openings, and a steep roof edge. — The pan continues across a dark masonry exterior with arched details and roof forms.

A conical turret and adjoining Gothic Revival stonework fill the frame in this 1964 Saint Louis home-movie view. — The turret comes into clearer view, with layered stone courses and nearby arched openings.

Soft, grainy 8mm footage shows the Saint Louis building's conical turret, small window, and adjoining dark roofline. — A rounded turret with a pointed roof dominates the final frame of the short pan.

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