Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Venues – Stock Video Footage
Step behind the scenes of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games with this exclusive collection of 4K UHD stock footage. The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Venues Clip Pack #172 is a comprehensive, 19-minute journey through the construction and final stages of the city's world-class sports venues. Perfect for producers, editors, and documentary makers, this 57-clip collection offers stunning visuals of the venues in development, making it an essential resource for those focused on sporting events, urban transformation, and progress stories.
What’s Included
This extensive collection is divided into 53 drone clips and 4 drone timelapse sequences, totaling 7.9GB of footage. These clips provide an in-depth view of the iconic venues leading up to the Commonwealth Games, including:
Alexander Stadium Construction: Experience the final stages of construction at the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, with one particularly striking drone hyperlapse timelapse (Timelapse 4), capturing workers in action as the stadium nears completion.
University of Birmingham Venues: Clips 1 and 3 showcase the breathtaking field hockey and squash venues, set against the stunning backdrop of the city centre.
Smithfield Area: Timelapse 2 captures the central city area, where basketball, volleyball, and marathon events will take place, with expansive city views surrounding the venues.
Venue Progress: The remaining 53 drone clips cover key locations such as the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, Smithfield, the University of Birmingham, and the Alexander Stadium, documenting the various stages of their construction.
Ideal for Your Next Project
This collection is tailor-made for those working on documentaries, news segments, or production pieces focused on the progress and development of the Commonwealth Games venues. Whether you're documenting the transformation of Birmingham’s infrastructure or exploring the Commonwealth Games, these stunning aerial views will elevate your project.
If you’re looking to capture the evolution of the iconic Alexander Stadium, be sure to check out my related clip packs, offering footage from various stages of construction in 2019 and 2021.
Duration: 8 minutes
Total Clips: 32
File Size: 3.2GB
Description:
Clip Pack #46 features exclusive archival footage of the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, UK, shot in 2019. This archive stock video footage provides a fascinating look at the stadium before its major redevelopment for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Full disclosure - Captured with 2019 drone technology, the footage may not have the sharpness or advanced features of today’s drones, but it is still high enough quality for television and various productions. I don't have a time machine, unfortunately, but the footage offers unique and valuable insight into the original state of this iconic stadium.
This pack showcases 32 high-quality drone clips, covering sunrise and daylight shots, providing a variety of aerial perspectives of the stadium and the surrounding areas. You’ll also get views of Birmingham’s city skyline and landscape, offering a snapshot of the city’s atmosphere pre-Games.
Birmingham was awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games in 2017, and the development planning of the Alexander Stadium began shortly after. This pack captures the stadium before its transformation into the world-class venue it became for the Games.
This footage is part of a larger collection, which includes:
2021 footage showing the ongoing development of the Alexander Stadium
2022 footage showing the completed stadium, ready for the final preparations for the Games
Clip Pack #46 is perfect for those documenting Birmingham’s transformation and the legacy of the Commonwealth Games.
Duration: 2 minutes and 22 seconds
Total Clips: 7
File Size: 0.95 GB
Description:
Captured in 2021, this clip pack showcases the early stages of the Alexander Stadium redevelopment in Birmingham. Featuring footage of major construction work outside the stadium, this pack highlights the development of car parks and various facilities as the stadium neared completion.
For a comprehensive view of the stadium’s transformation, I also have separate footage available from 2019 (showing the old stadium before redevelopment) and 2022 (featuring the completed stadium in preparation for the Commonwealth Games).
Duration: 9 minutes and 54 seconds
Total Clips: 26
File Size: 3.95GB
Capture the final moments before the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games with Clip Pack #48, featuring stunning 4k footage of the newly completed Alexander Stadium. This pack showcases the transformation of the stadium just before the world-class sporting event.
The collection includes 19 drone clips, 6 gimbal clips, and 1 breathtaking drone hyperlapse timelapse, offering a variety of angles and perspectives to suit any project. You’ll find wide, establishing views, orbiting shots, and top-down angles of the stadium and its surrounding areas. The nearby M5 motorway is visible in some clips, showing the busy traffic as it passes by, while the stadium’s final details take shape in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games.
The hyperlapse shot, filmed a month or so before the Games, is a stunning aerial view that pans across the West Midlands, capturing both the stadium and the flow of traffic on the M5. Additionally, the 6 gimbal shots feature unique perspectives, including views through trees that showcase the stadium and the training areas in their near-completed form.
If you're looking to see how the Alexander Stadium evolved, be sure to check out Clip Pack #46, which features footage from 2019, before the redevelopment began, and Clip Pack #47, showcasing the stadium in 2021 during the construction phase.
This collection is part of my extensive Birmingham stock video footage range, offering a detailed look at one of the city’s most iconic venues. Whether you’re working on a sports documentary, city profile, or any project related to the Commonwealth Games or Birmingham's redevelopment, this footage will provide valuable visuals to elevate your production.
Capture the serene beauty of Birmingham and the West Midlands at dawn with Clip Pack #3: Birmingham, UK, Sunrise Aerial Timelapse and Establishers. This stock video footage collection features 1 minute and 46 seconds of premium visuals, comprising 3 sunrise aerial timelapse sequences in ProRes 422 and 2 wide establishing clips in 4K, with a total file size of 6.1GB.
The timelapse sequences reveal Birmingham’s vibrant cityscape waking up, with flowing traffic and industrial activity under the golden hues of sunrise. The two wide establishing shots showcase breathtaking aerial views over the West Midlands on a cold, foggy winter morning, delivering a cinematic and atmospheric backdrop for your projects.
What’s Inside:
3 sunrise aerial timelapse sequences in ProRes 422
2 wide establishing aerial clips in 4K
1 minute and 46 seconds of premium footage
Captivating views of Birmingham and the West Midlands at dawn
Atmospheric winter fog and dramatic morning light
Ideal for documentaries, films, and creative storytelling, this clip pack provides high-quality stock video footage to elevate your work.