St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Woman In Floral Dress Tied Up By Man In Suit

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Woman In Floral Dress Tied Up By Man In Suit — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962, showing a woman in a floral dress tied up by a man in a suit. The grainy, low-light scene captures a tense moment with visible film grain and color distortion typical of 8mm home movies. The woman's hands are bound behind her back as the man stands close, creating a dramatic, suspenseful atmosphere. The dark setting and period clothing evoke a sense of mid-century Americana and vintage cinematic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813230

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: This clip supports requests for early-1960s 8mm domestic or amateur dramatic footage involving a staged-looking restraint scene with adults in period dress.
Period detail: The floral dress, dark suit, and metadata-supported 1962 date may show mid-century clothing and home-movie staging rather than a documented public event.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the value of a private, handheld home-movie moment in which adults appear to perform or enact a tense scenario for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in a floral dress, a man in a dark suit or formal clothing, bound or held hands near the woman's back, dim surroundings, heavy grain, and strong color distortion.
Film character: The clip carries dense 8mm grain, low-light exposure, soft focus, color shift, and contact-print instability that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short suspense insert, memory beat, or ambiguous domestic-drama cutaway within a sequence about amateur filmmaking or mid-century home movies.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private amateur filming context with adults in period clothing and a staged or dramatic setup, without visible landmarks or verifiable public context in the frames.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review is advised, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are evident from the supplied frames; copyright and source permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1962 8mm home movie staged hostage scene, woman in floral dress tied hands, man in dark suit home movie, and St. Paul Minnesota amateur film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota home-movie clips, and then with amateur suspense or staged domestic-drama footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-light 1962 8mm frame from the supplied St. Paul home-movie clip showing indistinct adults in a staged dramatic scene with heavy grain and color distortion. — Indistinct adults in a dark staged scene.

Soft, grainy 1962 8mm frame from the St. Paul clip with a dark-clothed adult near another partially visible figure in an ambiguous dramatic setup. — Dark-clothed figure near another adult.

Grainy 1962 8mm frame from the St. Paul home movie showing a floral dress area beside dark clothing, with the figures difficult to distinguish. — Floral clothing in a dark frame.

1962 8mm St. Paul frame showing a woman in a floral dress with her hands held or bound behind her back while a man in dark formal clothing stands close by. — Woman in floral dress with hands behind her back.

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