Dayton Ohio USA-1958: A Calm River Surrounded By Woods

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

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A Calm River Surrounded By Woods — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Dayton, Ohio, 1958, capturing a serene natural landscape. The clip opens on tall trees with dense foliage against a pale sky, then pans to reveal a calm river or lake reflecting the surrounding woods. The scene is bathed in soft afternoon light, with a muted color palette typical of 1950s film stock. The footage exhibits characteristic grain, slight blurriness, and dark borders, conveying a nostalgic, authentic home movie aesthetic. The camera remains mostly static, offering a peaceful view of nature.

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: 120977403

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: Useful for 1950s Midwest nature, riverbank, or wooded landscape requests needing quiet 8mm home-movie atmosphere for documentary or memory sequences.
Period detail: The frames may show 1958 Dayton-area wooded water scenery, with era signaled mainly by the color 8mm stock, soft focus, and home-movie framing rather than visible built details.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged river or lake edge from a casual home-movie viewpoint, lingering on trees, reeds, water, and reflections without people or formal composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall trees, dense foliage, still water, bank vegetation, reeds or grasses, pale sky, reflected trunks, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm archive texture through visible grain, muted color, soft exposure, slight blur, handheld framing, and dark rounded borders from the scanned film frame.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature insert, reflective transition, regional establishing cutaway, or quiet memory beat between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a mid-century home-movie view of a wooded waterway near Dayton, emphasizing ordinary leisure observation rather than a named landmark or event.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, audible music, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright and location verification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Dayton Ohio 8mm woods, vintage home movie river reflections, 1950s Midwest lake scene, and archival nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Dayton or 1958 Ohio material, then broader 1950s wooded river, lake, and nature home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Dayton-area 8mm frame showing tall wooded trees and soft foliage against a pale sky, with dark film borders visible. — Tall trees and dense foliage fill the opening wooded view.

1958 Dayton-area 8mm view of still water reflecting a wooded bank, reeds, and tree trunks in soft color. — Still water mirrors the surrounding trees and green riverbank.

1958 Dayton-area 8mm frame with a quiet river or lake edge, dense woods, bank plants, and reflected trees. — A quiet wooded shoreline is seen across the reflective water.

1958 Dayton-area 8mm frame showing reeds, trees, and calm reflective water in a wooded natural setting. — Reeds and trees frame the calm water at the end of the clip.

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