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Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage MCP Server

com.stockfilm/mcp-server
answering

Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 6 tools.

Search and license 217,000+ authentic vintage 8mm home movie clips (1930s-1980s).

Uptime history 42 hours of history
42 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
258 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server --transport http https://mcp.stockfilm.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.stockfilm.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
url = "https://mcp.stockfilm.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.stockfilm.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp.stockfilm.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

clip
check_clip_rights
Verify a clip is eligible for a given intended use (commercial, editorial, broadcast, etc.) before licensing.
get_clip_details
Get full details for a specific Stockfilm clip including description, year shot, location, price, resolution, thumbnail URL, and preview URL.
build
build_rough_cut
Auto-assemble a timed sequence of vintage clips into a video timeline based on a description. Returns an ordered list of clips with durations. Great for creating edit lists or storyboards.
license
license_clip
License a vintage clip from Stockfilm. Costs $10 USD in USDC (Solana or Base). Returns the x402 endpoint URL for payment. License is royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual. To complete payment, use an x402-compatible agent framework or wallet.
similar
find_similar_footage
Find visually similar vintage clips by providing a clip ID. Returns clips with similar visual content from the Stockfilm archive.
vintage
search_vintage_footage
Search Stockfilm's archive of 217,000+ authentic vintage home movie clips from the 1930s-1980s. Returns clips with metadata, pricing, thumbnails, and licensing info. All footage is real 8mm/Super 8 film — no AI-generated content.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.stockfilm.com/mcp streamable-http answering 280 ms 0 min ago

Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: build_rough_cut, check_clip_rights, find_similar_footage, get_clip_details, license_clip, search_vintage_footage. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 258 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage need an API key?
No. Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Stockfilm — Authentic Vintage Footage?
It answers our handshake in 258 ms on average, which is faster than 52% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.