Kansas City Missouri-1959: Christmas Tree Decorated with Tinsel and Ornaments

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationKansas City, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1959 Kansas City Missouri

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Christmas Tree Decorated with Tinsel and Ornaments — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1959 captures a classic Christmas tree decorated with silver tinsel, colorful ornaments, and glowing lights. The tree stands in a living room with green walls, its branches heavy with festive decorations and a star topper. The footage shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color saturation of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic holiday atmosphere. This archival clip offers authentic mid-century Americana for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123146649

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: 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: 1959 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: Kansas City, Missouri, 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 1950s holiday-life requests needing an authentic 8mm domestic Christmas tree cutaway or seasonal Americana insert.
Period detail: The silver tinsel, multicolored glass-like ornaments, string lights, and green interior walls may show mid-century home holiday decoration.
Home-movie behavior: The clip holds on a decorated household tree from a close, informal home-movie viewpoint with no people staged for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a tinsel-heavy Christmas tree, colored ornaments, small lights, a star topper, green walls, trim, and nearby furniture edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, saturated color, visible grain, exposure variation, and slight handheld movement as physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a holiday insert, domestic memory beat, period transition, or cutaway within family and mid-century seasonal sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents private Christmas decorating in a Kansas City home setting without showing people, public landmarks, or identifiable brands.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but the private interior and decorations still call for normal property and copyright review before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1959 8mm Christmas tree home movie, mid-century holiday decorations, silver tinsel ornaments, and Kansas City family interiors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel holiday interiors, then Kansas City 1959 home footage, then broader 1950s Christmas and domestic decor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Kansas City home-movie frame showing a tinsel-covered Christmas tree with colorful ornaments and lights inside a private room. — A close view of the decorated Christmas tree with dense silver tinsel and multicolored ornaments.

1959 Kansas City interior frame showing the upper Christmas tree branches with silver tinsel, lights, ornaments, and a star topper. — The camera frames the upper tree, where tinsel, ornaments, and a star topper fill the shot.

Soft 8mm frame from a 1959 Kansas City home movie showing the decorated Christmas tree during slight camera movement. — Motion softness gives the decorated tree a typical handheld home-movie look.

1959 Kansas City home interior frame showing the top half of a decorated Christmas tree with tinsel and multicolored ornaments. — The tree top remains centered, with ornaments and silver tinsel visible against the green wall.

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