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Historical Interest Stock Video Footage

Licenses 3359 high quality Historical Interest stock video clips in 4K, raw formats

Compass In Studio Close-Ups

Lumixar

Pocket Watch Ticking On Table

Kieran Fowler

The Blacksmith

JOKO & SEAN

A Collector's Treasures

Trestle

India

Good One

The needle of a compass turns as light and shadow play across its face
Rotating globe in motion
A close up of a clock face
The pages of a thick illustrated book flipping in slow motion
Vintage VHS footage captures the iconic view of the Manhattan Bridge from a bustling street in DUMBO, Brooklyn
Audio player with reels spinning around
A canon is set in front of a cemetery
The needle on a compass spins around and around
A monument statue in the woods at midday
A view of a stopwatch on a table
Vintage 1969 film captures the iconic Jackson Square in New Orleans, featuring the Andrew Jackson statue, St. Louis Cathedral, and visitors strolling through the park
A timelapse of a tugboat sitting at a dock on an overcast day
A golden mechanical pocket watch lays flat as its arms rotate around its face
Pages of a book being flipped

The Blacksmith

JOKO & SEAN

A person slowly turns the pages on a notebook that is filled with handwriting
Old photographs
Hand of a clock shows the time on a clock decorated with maps
Old files and papers on table
Horsedrawn carriage carrying people on a rural road beside wooden buildings
The tape recorder is operating
A vintage home movie captures a tilt down of a historic stone church, a smiling woman, and scenes from a sunny park
A cow with horns rests in a lush green mountain pasture before beginning to graze on the grass
A footage of a car on a motion on a freeway beside the dockyard

A Collector's Treasures

Trestle

India

Good One

A person holds photos as cars drive by
A castle is on the top of the hill
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
A view of the exterior of a building
The moon goes down behind the statue of liberty
Close up of analog clock with hour hand and minute hand
The tape recorder reels are spinning
Vintage 16mm film captures scenes of a family admiring historical statues in a city park in the 1950s
Earth globe spinning in a dark room
A compass is spinning to see the direction
Person turns the pages of a book
A closeup shot focuses on the intricate brass gears of an antique clock revealing the detailed mechanics and ornate hands against a roman numeral dial
City lights glow brightly on the surface of earth from space
A bookshelf filled with books in a room
A large group of people walk together
Vintage footage of the statue of liberty in new york
A stop watch is counting on the table
An archival home movie documents a tourist visit to Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, showing the grand mansion, grounds, and historic tomb
The video is an extreme lowangle shot of the highly ornamented facade of an ornate cathedral almost certainly st marks basilica in venice with the sky as the backdropthe focus is on the row of five arches featuring intricate gold mosaics
A person is tracing a pen on a map of the world
The sun shines on an old castle as clouds move in the sky and it gets darker outside
A viewing platform with an observation tool to see in the distance
A camera lens aperture opens
A brass compass sits with its cover open
A stone wheel (a tahona) with an iron bar in the middle
A weathered stone structure lies on a rocky surface under soft lighting
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
Vintage home movie captures two women smiling and waving from a horse-drawn cart on a sunny day in the country
A grandfather clock sits in a field with mountains in the distance
Slow motion view from inside a wall as a woman with a sledgehammer demolishes old lath and plaster
Person holds smartphone and group of photographs as it rains
A large castle is on the mountain top
Gearsturn on the face of a clock in a dark area
The heavily damaged and cluttered interior of a commercial building is viewed through the dark wooden frame of a four poster bed with bright light coming from the far end
A flag blowing in the wind
A timelapse shows the sunset and clouds changing color over an abandoned house in the Namibian desert
A woman and a young child sit on a park bench together, enjoying a peaceful autumn day as people walk by in the background
Vintage 8mm footage captures various scenes from a family's visit to a European-themed park in the 1960s
A person using a record player
Compass finds direction with a needle that moves

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