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Historical Document Stock Video Footage

Licenses 7674 high quality Historical Document stock video clips in 4K, raw formats

Globes

Sim Warren

Old Man With Vintage Typewriter

Amnesty Films

After death - ancient artifacts

Sypher

Books And Crystals

Zoom Film & Television

Oil Lamp Shining Over Bible

Toby Canning

The glasses help to focus the letters

A close up view of text on a piece of paper

Handwriting is on the paper in the box

Audio player with reels spinning around

A low-angle shot shows a pedestrian crossing signal changing from a red 'don't walk' hand to a white 'walk' person symbol on a city street

Person unrolling blueprints

Old files and papers on table

The tape recorder is operating

Lights from a project flash on a drawing

A person slowly turns the pages on a notebook that is filled with handwriting

Focusing in on text

A view of the word liberty written in calligraphy

Rotating globe in motion

A typewriter ribbons moves up and down along the paper

After death - ancient artifacts

Sypher

Vintage VHS footage captures the iconic view of the Manhattan Bridge from a bustling street in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Vintage footage of the statue of liberty in new york

A hand picks the corner of a page up

Wasp nest with swirling structure hanging from branch with dry leaves against black background

The needle of a compass turns as light and shadow play across its face

Pages of a book being flipped

Text coming into focus

A shaft of light falls across a worn stone floor inside a church illuminating a large engraved slab with latin text while nearby pews cast long cool shadows

Close-up of a vintage reel-to-reel tape recorder playing, with a grainy Super 8 film aesthetic

Books And Crystals

Zoom Film & Television

Oil Lamp Shining Over Bible

Toby Canning

A book sits open in the dark room

Pages of a book are being placed together

A monument statue in the woods at midday

Close up of a newspaper

A man taps his pen on a document

Large colorful map of north american continent hangs on wall

A canon is set in front of a cemetery

Newspaper slides seen through a microfiche reader

An old paper with cursive writing of the decoration of independence

Vintage Nagra reel-to-reel tape recorder with spinning tapes isolated on a black background

A book rests on a table

A close up of a clock face

There is a map on the ground

Words on a newspaper

A person is tracing a pen on a map of the world

Old newspaper hanging on a wall

A man looks through a notebook with handwritten text

A man dressed in clothing from several centuries ago sits and reads aloud from a large book

Written phrases on the side of a large rock

Earth globe spinning in a dark room

People walking up the stairs of a national monument

A viewing platform with an observation tool to see in the distance

Person turns the pages of a book

Unclose of a map

Artwork on an american bank note

Image of independence hall on the back of a $100 bill

Old Faithful erupts in Yellowstone National Park in the 1960's

A person using a record player

A television with the statue of liberty and boats in the water on the screen

Man writing a letter on a paper under candle light

A black and white view of a building and statue

Close up of a diploma with text

A golden mechanical pocket watch lays flat as its arms rotate around its face

The tape recorder reels are spinning

A stack of file folders are labeled with printed stickers and handwritten numbers

A grandfather clock sits in a field with mountains in the distance

A vintage-style shot shows pedestrians walking on the Brooklyn Bridge with the modern Manhattan skyline in the background

A page torn from a book sits on the beach with other debris

An old paper with cursive writing of the decoration of independence

A grainy vintage home movie captures an elderly woman unwrapping a gift, which appears to be a photo album or scrapbook