Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Overview Of A Forested Mountain Landscape

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Overview Of A Forested Mountain Landscape — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, capturing a sweeping forest overview through a window frame. The clip opens on a dense, green woodland canopy viewed from an elevated perspective, then pans across a tree-covered mountain ridge with a distinct rocky outcrop. The sky shifts from bright daylight to a soft pinkish hue, suggesting late afternoon or early evening. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering authentic retro footage ideal for historical, nostalgic, or nature-themed projects.

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: 120976289

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: 1958 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: Dayton, Ohio, 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: 1950s 8mm home-movie landscape footage for productions needing a quiet wooded mountain view or scenic travel cutaway.
Period detail: The view may show a mid-century leisure or travel stop, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or other date-specific details in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the ridge from an elevated window or overlook, giving the clip the feel of a visitor pausing to record a distant landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark window mullions, dense green forest canopy, a tree-covered ridge, a rocky outcrop, hazy distant hills, and a pink-tinged sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, dust specks, and handheld framing that support its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, travel-memory transition, atmospheric cutaway, or establishing beat for wooded upland terrain.
Historical context: The footage reflects a private 1950s outdoor viewpoint more than a documented landmark, emphasizing landscape observation over identifiable public activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable signs are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-access questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm forest overlook, Dayton Ohio home movie landscape, wooded ridge outcrop, and vintage mountain scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Dayton or 1958 material if supported, then broader 1950s wooded landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm home-movie frame showing a dense green forested slope viewed through dark window mullions. — A wooded valley is framed by dark vertical window edges from an elevated viewpoint.

1958 8mm frame of a wooded ridge and distinct rocky outcrop, partially divided by dark window framing. — A rocky outcrop rises above a tree-covered ridge beneath a soft pink sky.

1958 8mm home-movie view of a dark forested ridge with a rocky top, shot through vertical window framing. — The camera holds on a wooded slope and rocky crest seen through the window opening.

1958 8mm frame showing hazy distant hills beyond a wooded ridge, with dark window framing at the side. — A forested ridge falls away toward hazy distant hills in the final frame.

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