Harlem New York USA-1976: Christmas Postcards By The Christmas Tree

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationHarlem, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Harlem New York

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Christmas Postcards By The Christmas Tree — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Harlem, New York, USA, in 1976, showing a decorated Christmas tree adorned with colorful lights and ornaments. The tree stands in front of a gray wall covered with a dense collage of holiday postcards and greeting cards, many featuring traditional Christmas imagery. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and warm, saturated colors typical of 1970s home movies. The camera remains mostly static, capturing the nostalgic holiday scene with a personal, intimate feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 121482004

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: 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: 1976 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: Harlem, New York, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s home-movie requests for Christmas interiors, holiday decor, greeting cards, and domestic seasonal cutaways in Harlem, New York.
Period detail: Visible clues include a silver tinsel Christmas tree, multicolored string lights, hanging ornaments, and a wall densely covered with holiday cards, consistent with mid-1970s domestic decor.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a family record, with the camera lingering on a decorated tree and card-covered wall rather than posing people or arranging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Christmas tree, tinsel garland, colored lights, hanging ornaments, greeting cards, a gray interior wall, framed pictures, and a dark window or doorway edge.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, slight motion blur, muted low-light exposure, and saturated holiday colors typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday insert, domestic memory beat, seasonal transition, or cutaway between family scenes from the same reel.
Historical context: The scene documents a private Christmas display and card collection in a Harlem home, offering social texture around holiday decorating without showing identifiable people.
Research note: No people or obvious brands are visible, but the private interior, artwork, cards, and property context may still require rights and usage review separate from copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm Christmas tree home movie, Harlem holiday interior, vintage greeting cards wall, and Super 8 family Christmas decor.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Harlem 1976 interiors, then with broader 1970s Christmas home-movie and holiday decoration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Harlem home-movie frame showing a silver Christmas tree near a gray wall filled with holiday greeting cards. — A decorated Christmas tree stands beside a wall densely covered with holiday cards.

1976 Harlem interior with a decorated Christmas tree, star ornament, and many holiday cards pinned across the wall. — The camera frames the tree top and a collage of Christmas cards across the wall.

1976 Harlem home-movie view of a tinsel Christmas tree set against a gray wall covered with greeting cards. — Holiday cards fill the background behind the upper branches of the tree.

1976 Harlem home interior showing a lit Christmas tree, ornaments, tinsel, and a dense wall display of holiday cards. — The lower tree and surrounding card display are visible in a softly exposed 8mm frame.

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