St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Showing A Person Swinging His Right Arm To Try And

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Showing A Person Swinging His Right Arm To Try And — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962, showing a silhouetted person standing outdoors at dusk. The individual, seen in profile against a purple-tinged sky, swings their right arm in a motion suggesting they are throwing or catching an object. The scene is framed by dark tree branches, creating a stark silhouette effect. The film exhibits characteristic grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur typical of 8mm home movies from the early 1960s. The person appears to be wearing a jacket and pants, and the overall mood is quiet and nostalgic, capturing a candid moment of play or exercise in a residential backyard.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813157

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing early 1960s 8mm home-movie material of an unidentified silhouetted person outdoors at dusk, especially as an atmospheric human cutaway for documentary or memory-based edits.
Period detail: The supplied 1962 date and 8mm format support an early 1960s context, while the visible frame itself mainly shows casual clothing, trees, and a purple dusk sky without identifiable landmarks or period-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged backyard-like gesture as the silhouetted person raises and swings one arm, suggesting play, practice, or casual movement rather than a formal performance.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark human silhouette in profile, raised or lowered right arm positions, tree trunks, overhanging branches, pine-like foliage, and a dim purple-blue sky.
Film character: The footage has a dark 8mm home-movie texture with visible grain, soft focus, motion blur, uneven exposure, and color shift that emphasize the silhouette against the evening sky.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat to suggest childhood play, outdoor movement, dusk, uncertainty, or a fleeting home-movie recollection.
Historical context: As visual social context, the clip shows a brief informal outdoor moment from a private home-movie perspective rather than a documented public event or identifiable St. Paul landmark.
Research note: A person is visible only as a silhouette with no readable face, and there are no visible logos or clear private-property details, but likeness, copyright, and contextual use should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1962 8mm silhouette outdoors, St. Paul Minnesota home movie dusk, person swinging arm home movie, and early 1960s backyard play footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota home movies, and then with broader 8mm clips of silhouetted outdoor play or dusk movement.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm home-movie frame showing an unidentified person in silhouette outdoors, partly framed by tree trunks and branches against a purple-blue dusk sky. — Silhouetted figure under trees at dusk.

Profile silhouette beside a tree trunk.

The unidentified figure is silhouetted against the dusk sky with one arm extended downward, surrounded by tree trunks and blurred foliage. — Arm movement in silhouette.

Final 8mm frame shows the person in a side silhouette with one arm lowered, standing between dark trees against a grainy purple-blue sky. — Side silhouette after arm swing.

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