Geraldton Western Australia-1966: Pan Across a Modernist Civic Centre Front With Flagpoles and Old Cannon

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationGeraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia

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What is in this clip

civic architecture
modernism
regional Australia
local government
travel
1960s town life
heritage display

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · eye level, slightly oblique to the building front
Setting: outdoor · Lawn and forecourt in front of a low modernist civic building in a regional coastal town
Time and weather: daytime · clear and sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight under a clear sky
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Landmarks: Geraldton Civic Centre
Objects: flagpoles · old cannon · stone plinth · building lettering · screen block wall · arched entrance porch · lawn · concrete footpath · power pole
Readable signs: GERALDTON CIVIC CENTRE
Colors: blue · green · dark grey · white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The shot opens on the front of the building with 'CIVIC CENTRE' lettering, three flagpoles and a cannon on a stone plinth.
The camera begins panning left across the lawn.
The word 'GERALDTON' and the arched entrance porch come into view.
The cannon leaves the frame as the pan continues to the long, low wing and footpath.
The pan settles on the entrance and wing, with a power pole at the left edge.

Pan Across a Modernist Civic Centre Front With Flagpoles... — Clip Details

Geraldton, Western Australia, circa 1966 home movie footage of the Civic Centre on a clear sunny day. The shot opens on the low modernist front with dark wall panels, patterned screen blocks and an old cannon mounted on a stone plinth behind three bare flagpoles. The camera then pans slowly left across the lawn to the arched entrance porch, where the lettering 'GERALDTON CIVIC CENTRE' runs along the white fascia. Filmed handheld on 8mm colour film from across the grass, with no people in view.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000491

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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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1966 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for 1960s colour footage of Geraldton, of regional Western Australian public buildings, or of Australian mid-century municipal architecture for documentary and heritage use.
Period detail: The building's flat roof, dark panels, patterned screen blocks and spaced metal lettering are typical of early-1960s design, and the Civic Centre itself opened in March 1963.
Home-movie behavior: This is a visitor's record shot: the filmer stands on the grass and pans across the new civic building as a sight worth keeping from a trip to the town.
What appears in frame: A low modernist building with 'GERALDTON CIVIC CENTRE' lettering, three bare flagpoles, an old cannon on a stone plinth, a green lawn, a concrete path, an arched entrance porch and a clear blue sky.
Film character: Handheld 8mm colour film with visible grain, slightly soft focus, saturated blue sky and green grass, and occasional dust specks from the original reel.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or place-naming insert for Geraldton, since the readable lettering identifies the town without narration.
Historical context: The Geraldton Civic Centre was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 24 March 1963, so the film shows it within its first few years of use.
Research note: No people appear; the building is an identifiable public property and the cannon a displayed artefact, so property and any design considerations should be assessed separately from copyright in the film.
Research search match: Geraldton Civic Centre 1960s, Western Australia 8mm home movie, Australian modernist civic building, regional town hall archive footage, old cannon display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's pan along a street of houses to a petrol station and the 1950s-60s cars on a coastal town road, then with other mid-1960s Western Australia footage, then with civic architecture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Front of the Geraldton Civic Centre, Western Australia, circa 1966, with flagpoles on the lawn and an old cannon displayed on a stone plinth. — The Geraldton Civic Centre circa 1966: the 'CIVIC CENTRE' lettering, three flagpoles and an old cannon on a stone plinth.
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Old cannon and patterned screen-block wall at the Geraldton Civic Centre, Western Australia, filmed on 8mm circa 1966. — An old cannon on display in front of the screen-block wall of the Geraldton Civic Centre, circa 1966.
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Arched entrance porch and 'GERALDTON CIVIC CENTRE' lettering on the modernist building in Geraldton, Western Australia, circa 1966. — Mid-pan: the word 'GERALDTON' comes into view above the arched entrance porch, with the cannon still in frame at right.
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Entrance and long low wing of the Geraldton Civic Centre in Western Australia, circa 1966, seen across the lawn and footpath. — End of the pan: the entrance porch and the long wing of the Geraldton Civic Centre, with a power pole at the left edge.
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