St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Hill Next To Body Of Water

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Hill Next To Body Of Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962, showing a dark silhouette of a sign reading 'THE GLASS HOUSE' against a purple-tinged sky with power lines. The camera pans left to reveal a dense, dark hillside covered in trees, with a body of water visible at the base. The grainy, low-light aesthetic captures a nostalgic, atmospheric moment from a classic American summer vacation, with the film's characteristic grain and color shifts enhancing its retro charm.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120813661

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests needing a low-light roadside or waterfront cutaway from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Period detail: The visible sign silhouette, overhead utility lines, and handheld 8mm color rendering may show a mid-20th-century visitor view, with the 1962 date supported by supplied metadata rather than readable frame evidence alone.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged traveler’s glance, holding briefly on a sign and nearby hillside instead of a composed scenic landmark view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark sign reading The Glass House, utility poles, overhead wires, tree silhouettes, a wooded slope, grass at the lower edge, and a dim purple-tinged sky.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, low-light underexposure, soft focus, color shift, and slight handheld movement that give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transitional memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway between broader travel, lakefront, or summer vacation scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects a casual roadside or waterfront observation from a 1960s home-movie trip, with signage, wires, and vegetation placing the view in an everyday built landscape rather than a formal tourist tableau.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable business or venue sign should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and location-identification considerations separate from likeness or private-property concerns.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1962 St. Paul 8mm home movie, Minnesota waterfront hillside, vintage roadside sign, The Glass House sign, and 1960s summer vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul or Minnesota waterfront material, and finally with broader 1960s travel, lakeside, camping, or roadside-sign imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-light 1962 St. Paul home-movie frame showing a dark sign silhouette near utility poles, overhead wires, trees, and a purple-tinged sky. — Sign silhouette and utility lines at dusk or low light.

Frame from the St. Paul 8mm clip with a dark vertical structure dominating the view, a partially visible sign, utility lines, and soft tree shapes in low light. — Dark structure and partial sign in a low-light frame.

Low-exposure 8mm frame showing a shadowed wooded slope or tree mass, a nearby sign, utility pole, overhead wires, and dim sky in the supplied St. Paul clip. — Shadowed trees beside a roadside sign.

1962 St. Paul home-movie frame with a dark wooded hillside, grass along the lower edge, a sign near the right side, utility wires, and a dim purple sky. — Wooded slope and roadside sign in low light.

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