Skyline Drive Virginia USA-1943: Beautiful Autumn Leaves Swaying In Trees In The

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Year1943
Decade1940s
LocationSkyline Drive, Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1943 Skyline Drive Virginia

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Beautiful Autumn Leaves Swaying In Trees In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures vibrant autumn foliage at Skyline Drive in Virginia. The footage features a brilliant red-leafed bush swaying gently in the breeze, surrounded by lush greenery and a backdrop of trees with golden-brown leaves. The natural light enhances the rich fall colors, creating a nostalgic and serene atmosphere. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of mid-century home movies. This archival clip offers authentic 1940s Americana scenery, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123132063

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: 1943 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: Skyline Drive, Virginia, 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: 1940s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief autumn foliage cutaway from Skyline Drive, Virginia.
Period detail: The visible material is mainly natural scenery, so period clues come from the 8mm home-movie format and the supplied 1943 Skyline Drive metadata rather than objects in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes leaves and trees from a visitor's quiet outdoor vantage point, preserving an unstaged travel-memory view of fall color.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red autumn leaves, green shrubs, tree trunks, golden-brown foliage, patches of grass, and soft daylight through trees.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight motion blur, warm color, and handheld framing that give the foliage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a seasonal insert, transition, establishing detail, or memory beat within a 1940s travel or Americana sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational attention to autumn scenery along Skyline Drive, without visible people, vehicles, signage, or specific landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and location-use context should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1943 Virginia 8mm autumn leaves, Skyline Drive fall foliage home movie, and 1940s travel scenery cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1943 Skyline Drive material, then broader Virginia, Blue Ridge, autumn foliage, and vintage travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 8mm frame from Skyline Drive showing red autumn leaves, greenery, and shaded tree trunks in soft daylight. — Red leaves and surrounding greenery fill the frame from a shaded outdoor vantage point.

Skyline Drive home-movie frame with a red autumn bush, green plants, and dark foreground tree trunks. — A red autumn bush appears beyond dark tree trunks, with green foliage behind it.

1943 Skyline Drive 8mm frame showing red fall foliage near green shrubs and shaded trunks. — Red leaves dominate the view, with greenery and shadowed trunks framing the scene.

Skyline Drive frame showing a golden-brown autumn tree canopy over grass, filmed in soft 8mm color. — A golden-brown tree canopy stands over grass, framed by dark edges of the film view.

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