Maine USA-1971: Elderly Woman Holding Flowers Gives A Speech At A Funeral

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMaine, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Maine

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Elderly Woman Holding Flowers Gives A Speech At A Funeral — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a solemn outdoor gathering, likely a funeral or memorial service. An elderly woman with white hair, wearing a red and black plaid jacket, stands in the foreground, her back to the camera. In the background, a man in a red shirt and sunglasses stands near a wooden fence, while other attendees are visible. White flowers are held in the foreground, adding to the somber mood. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a slightly dark, overcast lighting typical of 1970s home movies. The scene is a poignant slice of Americana, capturing a moment of communal grief and remembrance.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 123063720

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: Maine, 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 1970s Maine home-movie footage for productions needing a brief outdoor memorial or funeral gathering with visible mourners and flowers.
Period detail: The clothing, sunglasses, color stock, and handheld 8mm look support the 1971 metadata while the setting itself remains only broadly identifiable as an outdoor gathering.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged family or community viewpoint, watching an elderly woman from behind as others stand or sit nearby during a solemn moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an elderly woman in a red plaid jacket, white flowers, a man in sunglasses, seated attendees, a wooden fence, trees, and a small mounted sign.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, saturated color, slight underexposure in shadows, and handheld framing that give it a period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short memory beat, funeral cutaway, or transition into a sequence about mourning, family history, or community ritual.
Historical context: The scene appears to show a small outdoor memorial or funeral gathering rather than a formal public ceremony, with attendees framed from a visitor's perspective.
Research note: People are visible and the funeral context is sensitive, so likeness, privacy, and contextual use should be reviewed separately from footage copyright.
Research search match: Search match for 1971 Maine 8mm funeral footage, elderly woman with flowers, outdoor memorial gathering, and vintage home movie mourners.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Maine 1971 home movies, then broader 1970s family memorial or outdoor ceremony material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small sign mounted on horizontal siding appears in a dark 1971 Maine 8mm frame, with text mostly unreadable. — A mounted sign appears before the outdoor memorial scene.

The 8mm frame shows a small sign fixed to exterior siding in Maine, with only partial lettering visible. — A second view of the small sign on exterior siding.

An elderly woman in a red plaid jacket stands with white flowers before attendees at an outdoor 1971 Maine memorial gathering. — An elderly woman stands before mourners with white flowers in the foreground.

The frame shows the elderly woman from behind with flowers, a man in sunglasses, and nearby attendees during the Maine memorial scene. — Mourners and flowers are visible in the outdoor funeral or memorial gathering.

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