United States-1978: Large Dark Car With a Light Roof Passing Along a Residential Street

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Everyday transport
Residential life
American automobile styling
Roadside observation
Home movie documentation
Neighborhood streets

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan · Roadside side view from a slightly elevated position
Setting: outdoor · Paved residential street bordered by a curb, sidewalk, lawn and driveway
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight with bright roof reflections and deep vehicle shadows
People: 0 · Possible occupant silhouettes appear through the dark windows, but no person is clearly resolved or countable.
Vehicles: Large dark automobile with a contrasting light roof · Background vehicle near a driveway · Partial vehicle at the opening right edge
Objects: Chrome side trim · Car windows · Wheels · Asphalt road · Curb · Sidewalk · Lawn · Driveway · Low chain boundary
Colors: purple · magenta · near-black · pale cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The dark car is partly cropped at the left, with a driveway and another vehicle behind it.
The pan brings the long body and contrasting light roof into broadside view.
Sunlight highlights the roofline and chrome trim beside the residential curb.
Only the front portion remains near the right edge as the framing shifts.

Large Dark Car With a Light Roof Passing Along a... — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a large dark car with a contrasting light roof passing along a residential street. Its long body, chrome side trim and wheels move across the frame beside a curb and sidewalk. The handheld camera pans along the roadway, briefly showing the vehicle in broadside view before cropping its front end. Strong sunlight, deep shadows and a purple color cast shape the scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003548

Rights & Clearance

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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: United States 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: This clip supports documentary requests for everyday American residential transport circa 1978 through a brief passing-car view.
Period detail: The long body, extensive chrome trim and contrasting light roof may show automobile styling associated with circa 1978, without establishing an exact model or date.
Home-movie behavior: The casual handheld pan and changing crop preserve an unstaged roadside observation of a passing vehicle.
What appears in frame: The frames contain a dark automobile, pale roof, chrome side strip, wheels, asphalt roadway, curb, sidewalk and lawn.
Film character: Visible grain, soft projected detail, deep shadows and a pronounced purple-magenta cast give the transfer a distinct small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use it as a transport insert, neighborhood cutaway or short transition before the reel's go-kart activity.
Historical context: The curb, sidewalk, lawn and large automobile place everyday motoring within a residential streetscape.
Research note: Copyright permission is separate from likeness and property permissions; occupants are indistinct, private residential frontage is visible, and no readable logo appears.
Research search match: This matches searches for a passing American car, residential transport circa 1978 and grainy small-gauge home-movie street footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's child smiling, approaching go-kart and children drinking, then with United States footage circa 1978 and other residential transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dark car's rear portion crosses a sunlit residential street in the United States, circa 1978, with a driveway and lawn behind. — The opening view crops the passing car, with residential frontage visible across the road.
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A large dark automobile with a light roof passes a residential sidewalk in the United States, circa 1978, seen almost fully broadside. — The side profile shows the contrasting roof, bright window trim and long body.
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The front half of a passing dark car fills the right side of a United States residential street view, circa 1978. — The shifting framing emphasizes the hood, front wheel and chrome trim.
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A dark automobile's front end is cropped at the right edge of the residential roadside shot in the United States, circa 1978. — Late in the shot, the car's front end occupies the right edge beside the curb.
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