Lynbrook New York-1971: Original Mouse Trap Board Game Published By Ideal

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationLynbrook, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 New York

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Original Mouse Trap Board Game Published By Ideal — Clip Details

LYNBROOK NEW YORK-1971: A vibrant 8mm home movie captures a classic Hasbro Mouse Trap board game in action. The colorful plastic components—red, yellow, and blue—are shown in motion as a white ball travels through the intricate Rube Goldberg-style mechanism. A hand briefly enters the frame, interacting with the game, highlighting the playful, nostalgic atmosphere of a family game night. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of 1970s home movies.

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: 123544380

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: Lynbrook, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s editorial requests needing a short 8mm insert of family recreation, tabletop play, or a colorful mechanical board game in a home-movie context.
Period detail: The saturated red, yellow, and blue plastic game pieces and soft 8mm color may show early 1970s domestic leisure culture, consistent with the Lynbrook, New York 1971 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged home-movie observation, with the camera close to the game mechanism as it is being played or demonstrated.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red plastic tub or chute, a white ball, yellow rails, blue framework, red levers, printed board graphics, and the dark borders of the film frame.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, saturated color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the texture of original small-gauge film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, nostalgic memory beat, recreation insert, or transition into a sequence about family games and analog play.
Historical context: The images document a tabletop mechanical game as part of domestic recreation, without showing enough surrounding room detail to identify the household or participants.
Research note: Review may be needed for game design and possible copyright or trademark issues, while likeness concerns are lower in these stills because no faces are visible despite the clip-level people-visible flag.
Research search match: Relevant searches might include 1971 8mm home movie board game, vintage Mouse Trap game footage, 1970s family game night, and Rube Goldberg toy mechanism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Lynbrook 1971 family footage, and then broader 1970s home-movie clips of tabletop games or children’s recreation.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Lynbrook, New York 8mm frame showing a close-up of a colorful mechanical Mouse Trap-style board game with red, yellow, and blue plastic components. — Colorful game mechanism fills the frame.

1971 Lynbrook, New York 8mm frame showing a white ball and red plastic game elements above the colorful mechanical board. — White ball positioned near the game apparatus.

1971 Lynbrook, New York 8mm frame showing the lower portion of a colorful mechanical board game with red levers, yellow parts, and blue structure. — Plastic game pieces arranged over the board.

1971 Lynbrook, New York 8mm frame showing a red plastic tub-like component, white ball, and colorful mechanical board game parts near the end of the clip. — Game mechanism with ball and red plastic component.

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