Christchurch New Zealand-1978: Tourist Brochure Cover Showing a Gothic Cathedral Spire Under Gold Title

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

tourism
travel souvenirs
church architecture
place-name titles
printed ephemera
holiday travel
pre-earthquake Christchurch

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static
Setting: indoor · Printed tourist brochure cover filmed close to the lens
Time and weather: unknown
Lighting: Even light on the printed cover with a strong blue-violet colour cast
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: gull in printed photograph
Landmarks: Christ Church Cathedral
Objects: brochure cover · printed photograph · gold title lettering · cathedral spire · rose window · bare trees · gull
Readable signs: CHRISTCHURCH
Colors: blue-violet · gold · dark brown · lavender
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The brochure cover fills the frame, with CHRISTCHURCH in gold above the cathedral photograph.
The camera holds steady on the spire, rose window and bare trees.
The shot ends unchanged, still framing the full cover.

Tourist Brochure Cover Showing a Gothic Cathedral Spire... — Clip Details

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, circa 1978 home movie footage of a tourist brochure cover held in front of the camera. Gold capital letters spell CHRISTCHURCH across a blue sky above a printed photograph of Christ Church Cathedral, with its tall stone spire, rose window and steep roof beside bare trees and a gull in flight. The single Super 8 shot holds close and steady on the cover for about three seconds, with a strong blue-violet colour cast and visible grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002377

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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: 1978 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: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand 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: Serves requests for a late-1970s Christchurch title or establishing insert showing Christ Church Cathedral's spire before the 2011 earthquake.
Period detail: The cover's typeface and colour photograph may reflect late-1970s tourist printing, and the intact cathedral spire predates the 2011 earthquake.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor filmed a souvenir brochure as a self-made title card, a common holiday-film habit for marking each new stop on a trip.
What appears in frame: Gold CHRISTCHURCH lettering, a tall stone spire, the cathedral's rose window and gabled front, bare trees, a gull in the sky and the brochure's right edge.
Film character: Super 8 grain, a deep blue-violet colour shift and soft edges give the print a faded, projected-film texture typical of the era's amateur stock.
Edit role: Works as a title insert or chapter marker introducing Christchurch, or as a before-image cutaway in an earthquake story.
Historical context: Christ Church Cathedral's spire collapsed in the February 2011 earthquake, and the rose window fell in later 2011 quakes, so this cover shows the building as it was before them.
Research note: The brochure's photograph, design and lettering are third-party copyrighted printed works, separate from the home-movie film, and need their own copyright review; no people appear.
Research search match: Christchurch brochure Super 8, Christ Church Cathedral spire 1970s, vintage New Zealand tourism title card, pre-earthquake Christchurch home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Doubtful Sound brochure and Dunedin Railway Station clips, then other Christchurch landmark shots from the circa 1978 section, then vintage travel-brochure inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

Christchurch tourist brochure cover, circa 1978, showing Christ Church Cathedral spire and rose window on Super 8 film — A tourist brochure titled CHRISTCHURCH, filmed as a title card, Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1978.
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Steady Super 8 view of a circa 1978 Christchurch brochure with the intact Christ Church Cathedral spire — The cover photograph shows the cathedral spire intact, decades before the 2011 earthquake.
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Rose window and bare trees on a circa 1978 Christchurch, New Zealand travel brochure filmed on Super 8 — Detail of the brochure's photograph: rose window, bare trees and a gull over the cathedral roof.
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Closing frame of a circa 1978 Super 8 title shot of a Christchurch, Canterbury brochure with Christ Church Cathedral — The shot closes still framed on the brochure, used by the traveller as a place-name title.
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