St Paul Minnesota USA-1962: Tall Evergreen Tree Silhouetted Against Blue Sky

$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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Tall Evergreen Tree Silhouetted Against Blue Sky — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from St. Paul, Minnesota, 1962, showing a tall evergreen tree silhouetted against a deep blue sky. The shot captures the tree's dense, layered branches in a classic retro aesthetic with noticeable film grain and a distinct blue color cast typical of 1960s home movies. A portion of a house roof is visible at the bottom of the frame, grounding the scene in a residential setting. The camera remains steady, focusing on the tree's imposing form, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia and mid-century Americana.

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: 120814694

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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 1962 8mm home-movie clip can serve archival requests for quiet mid-century American residential atmosphere, nature cutaways, or St. Paul-era establishing inserts.
Period detail: The deep blue color cast, visible film grain, and partial low roofline may show a 1960s residential home-movie view, with the 1962 date supported by supplied metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged value of a home-movie camera lingering on an ordinary evergreen tree and sky rather than a planned public event.
What appears in frame: Across the frames, a tall evergreen tree, dense dark branches, blue sky, faint film texture, and a small edge of residential roof are visible.
Film character: The clip carries a strong 8mm physical-film character with saturated blue color, soft focus, slight frame instability, and visible grain that reads as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, seasonal transition, memory beat, or quiet exterior insert between home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The scene places natural greenery beside a residential structure, suggesting everyday suburban or neighborhood surroundings without enough visible detail to identify a specific property.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, though copyright status and any property-context questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1962 8mm evergreen tree blue sky, St. Paul Minnesota home movie tree cutaway, and 1960s residential exterior nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1962 St. Paul residential exteriors, and then with broader 1960s home-movie nature or sky cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 St. Paul home-movie frame showing dark evergreen branches against a deep blue sky with a partial residential roofline at the lower edge. — Evergreen tree and blue sky above a roof edge.

1962 St. Paul home-movie frame with a tall evergreen tree filling the right side of a saturated blue sky. — Tall evergreen against blue sky.

1962 St. Paul home-movie frame showing an evergreen tree rising through the lower portion of the frame against a blue sky. — Evergreen branches rise into the sky.

1962 St. Paul home-movie frame with a tall evergreen tree along the right side and open blue sky across the left. — Evergreen tree beside open blue sky.

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