Idaho USA-1972: Silhouetted Trees Against a Purple Sunset

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Idaho

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Silhouetted Trees Against a Purple Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a silhouetted treeline in Idaho. The sky glows with deep purples and pinks, transitioning into a dark blue night, with film grain and soft focus adding to the nostalgic, analog feel. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, contemplative view of nature at dusk, evoking a sense of calm and memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123072081

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: 1972 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: Idaho, 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 1970s Idaho home-movie requests needing a quiet dusk landscape insert, nature transition, or analog memory beat.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to 8mm color home-movie texture, soft focus, and sunset exposure rather than identifiable architecture, clothing, vehicles, or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie pause on the landscape, with the camera holding on the treeline as daylight fades.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark treeline, low horizon, purple and pink sunset band, deep blue sky, film gate edges, grain, and soft exposure falloff.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, low-light color shift, slight softness, and contact-print framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative cutaway, end-of-day transition, memory pause, or atmospheric bridge between outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The view reflects a personal 1970s home-movie record of an Idaho landscape at dusk without visible people, buildings, or public event context.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright and source permissions still require separate review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 Idaho 8mm sunset, 1970s home movie treeline at dusk, purple sky archive footage, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Idaho 1972 outdoor footage, then broader 1970s home-movie sunset or landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a purple and pink dusk sky above a silhouetted treeline. — A dark treeline sits below a purple-pink sunset band in the first frame.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame with silhouetted trees across the horizon under a deep purple evening sky. — The second frame holds on trees in silhouette beneath a saturated dusk sky.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a darker treeline as the purple sunset fades into blue night. — The third frame shows the horizon darkening as the sunset color recedes.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame with the treeline nearly black against a low purple-pink dusk glow. — The final frame shows the landscape close to night, with only a narrow sunset glow remaining.

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