Dayton Ohio USA-1958: Dark Forest at Night with Shadowy Figure

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationDayton, Ohio, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1950s collection

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Dark Forest at Night with Shadowy Figure — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, capturing a dark, dense forest at night. The grainy, low-light imagery shows thick trees and underbrush in deep shadows, with a faint, indistinct figure or movement visible in the distance. The footage has a classic Super 8 aesthetic with natural film grain and dark vignetting, evoking a sense of mystery and suspense. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted atmosphere perfect for historical or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120977372

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 forest footage from Dayton, Ohio, useful for archival requests needing a dark wooded atmosphere or nighttime nature cutaway.
Period detail: The frames offer few datable visual clues beyond the metadata, showing only dense trees and underbrush in a low-light 8mm home-movie view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an unstaged handheld look into woods, recording shadowed foliage without identifiable people or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tree trunks, leafy brush, dark undergrowth, uneven forest shadows, frame-edge vignetting, and soft low-light texture.
Film character: The footage carries heavy grain, dim exposure, soft focus, and dark edge falloff typical of small-gauge home-movie film in difficult light.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief suspense insert, nighttime nature transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway within a historical sequence.
Historical context: The imagery suggests mid-century amateur outdoor filming where the forest setting matters more than identifiable activity or location detail.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright and any broader reel context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers may find this through searches for 1950s 8mm forest footage, dark woods home movie, Dayton Ohio archival nature, or night forest cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Dayton or 1958 material, then other shadowed forest, camp, or suspense-atmosphere footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Low-light 1958 Dayton, Ohio 8mm frame showing dense trees and underbrush in a dark wooded setting. — Dense trees and brush fill a dim forest view.

Low-light 8mm view of a Dayton, Ohio forest, with leafy trees and deep shadow obscuring detail. — A shadowed wooded view with dense foliage and dark undergrowth.

Grainy 1958 home-movie frame from Dayton, Ohio showing thick brush and trees in a dim forest scene. — Brush and tree shapes appear through grainy low light.

Dark 8mm Dayton, Ohio forest frame with tree trunks and leaves fading into heavy shadow. — Tree trunks and leaves recede into a very dark wooded scene.

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