Skyline Drive Virginia USA-1943: Windy Fall Day And The Leaves Are Turning Brown

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

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Windy Fall Day And The Leaves Are Turning Brown — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1943, this vintage home movie captures a windy autumn day at Skyline Drive in Virginia. The footage shows a forested hillside with trees displaying early fall colors—browns, oranges, and greens—against a deep blue sky. Leaves rustle and move in the wind, with branches swaying in the foreground. The classic Super 8 grain and color saturation evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, perfect for historical documentaries, retro content, or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123137267

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 nature footage for productions needing a brief autumn Skyline Drive cutaway or period landscape insert.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm views of wooded hills and wind-shifted branches, with the 1943 Skyline Drive setting supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor's roadside view of trees, hillside, and sky rather than staging an event or formal scenic composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a forested ridge, deep blue sky, tree trunks, leafy branches, brown-orange foliage, shadows, and 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, gate shadows, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short seasonal insert, transition, landscape cutaway, or memory beat within a 1940s travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places a private traveler on Skyline Drive during autumn, emphasizing roadside scenery rather than identifiable people or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1940s 8mm Skyline Drive autumn trees, Virginia home movie windy leaves, and vintage color forest hillside footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel shots, then other 1943 Skyline Drive or Virginia footage, then broader 1940s autumn landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1943 Skyline Drive home-movie frame showing a wooded Virginia hillside beneath deep blue sky, seen between dark foreground trunks. — A wooded ridge appears beyond foreground tree trunks on Skyline Drive.

Color 8mm view of a Skyline Drive hillside with autumn-toned trees, blue sky, and a dark foreground trunk crossing the frame. — Autumn-toned trees cover a ridge beneath a saturated blue sky.

1943 Skyline Drive frame with leafy branches moving against a deep blue sky, showing soft 8mm color and grain. — Leaves and branches fill the foreground against a bright blue sky.

Vintage 8mm Skyline Drive view of autumn branches and leaves against a deep blue sky, with dark film borders visible. — Autumn leaves and branches sway in the foreground sky view.

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