London United Kingdom-1969: Red Double-Decker Buses Passing a Curved Corner Building

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationLondon, Greater London, United Kingdom
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 · London, Greater London, United Kingdom
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1969 · Hampton Court Palace & London · Reel ea1c44ce contains 8 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

urban transport
city architecture
sightseeing
everyday street life
British travel
public space

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · tilt · Street-level view angled upward toward the building
Setting: outdoor · Central urban intersection surrounded by substantial stone buildings
Time and weather: daytime · Likely summer, with leafy trees · Bright, partly cloudy conditions
Lighting: Natural daylight with deep shadows on the surrounding facades
People: 12 · Approximately a dozen distant pedestrians appear along the pavements and near the railings; faces and individual ages are indistinct.
Vehicles: red double-decker buses · passenger cars · blue-purple van
Objects: curved stone building · pale green dome · street lamps · pedestrian railings · trees · traffic islands · statue on a pedestal
Colors: purple-blue · stone gray · red · pale green · dark brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A curved stone building dominates the junction, with a red double-decker bus at the left.
A car crosses the lower foreground as the framing shifts.
Another red double-decker bus enters from the right.
The crossing bus reaches the left side beneath the upward-shifted architectural view.

Red Double-Decker Buses Passing a Curved Corner Building — Clip Details

London, England, circa 1969 home movie footage shows red double-decker buses passing a broad curved corner building with a pale green domed roof feature. Cars cross the foreground while pedestrians occupy the pavements and traffic islands. The single wide view shifts slightly sideways and upward, keeping the ornate stone frontage prominent. A purple-blue cast, soft detail and scattered film marks characterize the projected-film capture.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Wide shot
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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004148

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1969 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: London, Greater London, United Kingdom 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 serves documentary requests for London street traffic and visitor-filmed architecture circa 1969.
Period detail: Older red double-decker buses and rounded passenger cars provide the clearest visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The slightly wandering upward framing records a visitor pausing to take in an imposing building while ordinary traffic continues.
What appears in frame: The view contains a curved stone frontage, a pale dome, red buses, passing cars, pedestrians, railings and tall street lamps.
Film character: Soft detail, grain, scattered film marks and a purple-blue cast accompany slight framing movement in this capture of projected film.
Edit role: Use the short continuous view as an architectural establishing shot or a transport cutaway between sightseeing scenes.
Historical context: Buses, cars and pedestrians share a central London junction framed by substantial older commercial architecture.
Research note: Film copyright licensing is separate from likeness, artwork and property permissions; distant pedestrians, a street monument and building exteriors are visible.
Research search match: The footage answers searches for London circa 1969 street traffic, red double-decker buses and small-gauge sightseeing home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's London street traffic and Waldorf Hotel visitors, then other London views circa 1969, followed by comparable urban transport scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

London circa 1969: a red double-decker bus and a blue-purple van flank a street view dominated by a curved stone building and pale dome. — A double-decker bus and other traffic beneath the curved stone frontage.
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A foreground car passes beneath the domed corner building in London circa 1969, with a red double-decker bus and distant pedestrians nearby. — A passing car crosses the foreground of the architectural view.
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London circa 1969 traffic beneath a sweeping stone facade, with a double-decker bus entering at right and another near the left-hand lamp post. — A second double-decker enters the junction from the right.
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An upward-shifted London view circa 1969 emphasizes the pale dome and curved roofline, with red double-decker buses partly cropped below. — The dome and upper frontage fill the final view above passing buses.
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