Catskill New York-1957: Handcrafted Miniature Village of Colorful Buildings

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationCatskill, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Catskill New York

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Handcrafted Miniature Village of Colorful Buildings — Clip Details

CATSKILL NEW YORK-1957: A handcrafted miniature village of colorful wooden buildings appears to be set in a wooded area. The 8mm film captures a collection of small, painted structures including a yellow and blue building, a blue house on stilts, and a white church with a bell tower. The handmade models feature simple details and vibrant colors, creating a nostalgic, toy-like scene. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the footage has a grainy, nostalgic quality, evoking a sense of childhood imagination and mid-century craftsmanship.

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: 123443951

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$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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1256 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #8
Reel-level year note: 1957-1958
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1957 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: Catskill, New York, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits archival requests for 1950s American folk art, mid-century roadside attractions, or novelty tourist venues in the Catskill region of New York state.
Period detail: Hand-painted wooden miniature buildings on bark mulch ground, consistent with mid-century roadside attraction displays; 'Bunnyville' signage is visible on structures in multiple frames.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor panning a novelty miniature-village display, capturing handmade structures from near ground level as a personal tourist keepsake rather than a staged promotional record.
What appears in frame: Yellow and blue painted wooden buildings, white church with Gothic arches and bell tower, red-roofed structure, dark 'Bunnyville' sign, bark mulch ground cover, wooded background.
Film character: Saturated 8mm color with visible grain, slight vignetting at frame edges, and soft focus on background trees, consistent with amateur color reversal film stocks of the 1950s.
Edit role: Functions as a nostalgic cutaway or insert in documentaries on mid-century folk art, roadside Americana, Catskill tourism, or the handcraft culture of postwar American leisure.
Historical context: Miniature village displays were a popular format at mid-century American theme parks and roadside attractions; this may document a named Catskill-area venue of that type.
Research note: The name 'Bunnyville' appears clearly on signage in multiple frames; verify whether it is a registered trademark or named attraction requiring separate clearance for commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may search: 1950s New York tourist attraction, miniature village folk art, Catskill Americana, handmade model buildings, roadside attraction 8mm, mid-century New York.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel; then with 1950s Catskill or upstate New York tourist footage; then with mid-century American folk art or roadside attraction material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Hand-painted miniature wooden buildings—yellow structure with blue roof, dark 'Bunnyville' storefront sign—set on bark mulch; possibly a 1950s Catskill, New York tourist attraction. — Miniature village with 'Bunnyville' sign, Catskill, New York, c.1957.

Blue miniature building with white roof beside a dark 'Bunnyville' sign showing partial additional text; yellow building at right; possibly a 1950s Catskill, New York tourist display. — Blue miniature building with 'Bunnyville' signage, c.1957.

Hand-painted white miniature church with blue-trimmed Gothic arch windows and bell tower, alongside a red-roofed gray-walled structure; part of what appears to be a 1950s Catskill, New York tourist display. — Miniature church with bell tower alongside red-roofed building, c.1957.

Yellow wooden miniature building with blue-trimmed windows and blue dormer, with a red-roofed blue structure behind; part of a 1950s Catskill, New York tourist display on bark mulch. — Yellow and blue miniature buildings in outdoor display setting, c.1957.

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