Vermont USA-1962: People Ice Skating on Frozen Lake in Winter

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationVermont, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Vermont

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People Ice Skating on Frozen Lake in Winter — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Vermont, USA, in 1962, showing a group of people ice skating on a frozen lake. The grainy, slightly faded color film captures a person in a bright red jacket and blue pants gliding across the ice, with others in dark winter coats skating nearby. The scene unfolds on a wide, snow-covered expanse bordered by a line of bare trees under a muted sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, film grain, and natural motion blur, evoking a nostalgic winter holiday atmosphere. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about mid-century American winter recreation.

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: 122659695

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Vermont, 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: 1960s Vermont home-movie footage supports documentary or editorial requests for mid-century winter recreation and informal outdoor skating scenes.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s winter clothing and recreational skating on a frozen open surface, supported by the supplied 1962 Vermont metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value, observing skaters moving casually across the ice rather than performing for a formal camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snowy frozen lake, several skaters, a red winter jacket, dark coats, bare trees, and soft winter light.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight blur, and handheld framing typical of amateur physical-film material.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief insert, seasonal transition, family-memory beat, or cutaway for winter recreation in New England.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor leisure on a frozen lake, with people spaced across a broad snow-covered landscape.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, brands, private property, or audible music are evident from the provided metadata.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1960s Vermont ice skating, 8mm winter home movie, frozen lake recreation, and mid-century American skating footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Vermont 1962 winter footage, then broader home-movie scenes of ice skating or snowy recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Vermont home-movie frame showing distant skaters on a frozen lake, including one in a red jacket near the foreground. — A skater in a red jacket glides across the ice while others move in the distance.

1962 Vermont frame with a red-jacketed skater on open ice and two darker figures near the edge of the snowy lake. — The red-jacketed skater moves across the open ice with two skaters farther to the right.

1962 Vermont home-movie frame showing a small group of skaters spread across a snowy frozen lake below bare trees. — A small group of skaters is scattered across the frozen lake in winter light.

1962 Vermont frame showing widely spaced skaters on a snowy frozen lake, with a red-jacketed figure at the right. — Distant figures skate across the broad frozen surface near a winter tree line.

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