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Historic street scenes, family life, travel and everyday details captured on film. Explore individual frames, check the source footage and license the image you need for $49. Each still page lists its download size and permitted uses.

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Eastern 727 shown nose to tail with air stairs at the door, circa 1969 Super 8 travel film, likely Grand Bahama

The full length of the Eastern jet, from cockpit to T-tail, at the end of the shot.

1969 · Grand Bahama, Bahamas

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St Margaret's Church tower, Westminster, with Big Ben's clock face behind, framed by summer trees, circa 1962 8mm film

St Margaret's Church, Westminster, with the clock face of Big Ben rising behind its tower, circa 1962.

1962 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Big Ben's clock half hidden by trees beside St Margaret's Church tower in Westminster, London, early 1960s home movie

Trees partly screen Big Ben's clock beside St Margaret's tower as the shot holds on the church, circa 1962.

1962 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Camera tilts down St Margaret's Church, Westminster, to railings and a black London taxi roof, red bus at left, circa 1962

The tilt reaches the west window and railings as a black taxi passes and a red bus shows at left, circa 1962.

1962 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Black London taxis pass St Margaret's Church, Westminster, on an overcast summer day, circa 1962 8mm home movie

Black London taxis pass the railings of St Margaret's Church, Westminster, circa 1962.

1962 · London, England, United Kingdom

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Glass-bottle house with 'CALICO' on its gable at Calico Ghost Town, California, circa 1967, seen from below

The bottle house at Calico Ghost Town, its gable lettered 'CALICO', circa 1967.

1967 · Calico Ghost Town, California, United States

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Blurred handheld view of the lettered bottle house at Calico Ghost Town, California, circa 1967 8mm film

The camera lurches across the lettered facade of the bottle house.

1967 · Calico Ghost Town, California, United States

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Lunchroom Oud Marken café front with Coca-Cola panels and a Joy poster, Marken, Netherlands, circa 1963, 8mm film

The Lunchroom Oud Marken café front with Coca-Cola panels, Marken, North Holland, circa 1963.

1963 · Marken, North Holland, Netherlands

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Joy poster and curtained windows beneath the Lunchroom Oud Marken board in Marken, North Holland, circa 1963 home movie

A Joy advertising poster hangs between curtained windows below the café's name board.

1963 · Marken, North Holland, Netherlands

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Traditional hourglass-painted shutter on the Lunchroom Oud Marken café, Marken, Netherlands, circa 1963, faded 8mm colour

An hourglass-painted shutter beside the doorway of the Marken lunchroom, circa 1963.

1963 · Marken, North Holland, Netherlands

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Full facade of a Marken village lunchroom with Coca-Cola advertising and garden chairs, North Holland, circa 1963 8mm film

The full café facade, with white chairs visible along the bottom of the frame.

1963 · Marken, North Holland, Netherlands

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8mm shot ending on the Madurodam Binnenhof model facade with tiny carriages and footmen below, The Hague, circa 1963

The shot ends on the windows of the model buildings, with the procession reduced to the lower edge, Madurodam, circa 1963.

1963 · Madurodam, South Holland, Netherlands

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Group wading in calf-deep water on an ocean beach, probably Southern California, circa 1955 8mm film

The group stands in the shallows as rows of waves roll in behind them.

1955 · California, United States

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Hoover Dam powerhouse roof, windowed wings and transformer deck, Nevada, circa 1955 home movie

The powerhouse roof, windowed wings and transformer deck at the base of the dam.

1955 · Hoover Dam, Nevada, United States

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Circa 1964 8mm still, likely New York: man in a burgundy brocade smoking jacket lifts the lid of a small box by a Christmas tree

A man in a brocade smoking jacket opens a small box beside the Christmas tree, likely New York, circa 1964.

1964 · New York, United States

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Circa 1964 home movie still, likely New York: man in a red brocade robe handles white tissue paper by a tree with a red ornament

He works the tissue paper loose from the present, with violet daylight on the shutters behind.

1964 · New York, United States

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Circa 1964 8mm frame, likely New York: man in a satin brocade jacket pulls tissue paper from a present on his lap near the tree

Looking down, he draws the tissue paper out of the box.

1964 · New York, United States

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Circa 1964 Christmas home movie, likely New York: smiling man in glasses and a brocade smoking jacket holds his unwrapped gift

The payoff: he turns the unwrapped item in his hands and smiles, likely New York, circa 1964.

1964 · New York, United States

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Circa 1956 desert lodge, likely in the Mojave, with a pink roof, porch chairs and Joshua trees before a stone wall

The pan opens on the porch of a low resort building, Joshua tree yuccas in front, circa 1956.

1956 · United States

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Row of potted shrubs and tall windows along a pink-roofed desert resort in the American Southwest, circa 1956

Potted shrubs line the wall beneath the building's long roofline and tall windows.

1956 · United States

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Fringed patio umbrella and steps outside a pink-roofed mid-century desert lodge, likely the Southwest, circa 1956

A fringed patio umbrella comes into view beside the steps, with the rocky ridge behind.

1956 · United States

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Low resort wing under rocky desert mountains with yucca plantings and a patio umbrella, American Southwest, circa 1956

The shot ends on a second low wing set against the boulder-covered slope.

1956 · United States

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Three adults posing outside a vine-covered house in the United States, circa 1961, on 8mm home movie film

Three adults line up for the camera outside a house, circa 1961.

1961 · United States

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Older man in a dark suit turns toward a white-haired woman beside a young woman, early-1960s American home movie

The older man turns toward the woman in the rust-red jacket as the group poses.

1961 · United States

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