Troy New York USA-1973: Lightening Of The Pine Tree

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationTroy, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Troy New York

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Lightening Of The Pine Tree — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Troy, New York, 1973, showing a decorated Christmas tree with glowing lights and ornaments in front of a window with white curtains. The scene transitions to a black poodle with a curly coat standing on a green carpeted floor, with a person's foot in a sandal visible nearby. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, capturing authentic mid-1970s domestic holiday moments and family life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 122683652

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: 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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Troy, New York, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Useful for 1970s domestic holiday sequences needing real 8mm home-movie evidence of Christmas decor and family-pet life in an American interior.
Period detail: The decorated tree, white curtains, green carpet, and handheld 8mm look support a 1973 home setting in Troy, New York, with visible mid-century domestic furnishings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family viewpoint, moving from a lit Christmas tree to a household poodle standing near an adult's sandal-clad foot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lit Christmas tree, ornaments, tinsel, white curtains, a window, green carpet, a black poodle, and part of an adult foot in a sandal.
Film character: Soft focus, dense grain, warm indoor exposure, slight blur, and gate-edge darkness give the scanned 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short holiday insert, a memory transition, or a domestic cutaway between broader family-life scenes.
Historical context: The footage shows private Christmas decoration and pet ownership as everyday household life rather than a public event or identifiable ceremony.
Research note: Human presence is limited to a partial foot, but private interior and property context should still be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 8mm Christmas tree home movie, Troy New York holiday interior, vintage family pet footage, and black poodle on carpet.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Troy 1973 domestic interiors, then with 1970s Christmas, pets, and family home-life footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Troy, New York 8mm frame showing a lit Christmas tree with ornaments and tinsel before white curtains and a window. — A decorated Christmas tree glows in a private home interior.

Handheld 8mm view of a decorated Christmas tree glowing beside white curtains in the Troy home interior. — The camera lingers on the illuminated tree and curtained window.

1973 home-movie frame showing a black poodle on green carpet with part of an adult foot in a sandal at the edge. — A black poodle stands on the carpet as a person remains partly visible nearby.

The poodle stands in profile on the green carpet near household furnishings.

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