Ontario Canada-1958: Trees Swaying Vigorously in Wind

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationOntario, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Ontario Canada

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Trees Swaying Vigorously in Wind — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a dense canopy of green trees swaying vigorously in a strong wind. The footage, likely filmed in Ontario, Canada, shows the natural movement of leaves and branches, with a slightly shaky camera movement suggesting handheld recording. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and subtle scratches, conveying a nostalgic, authentic mid-century outdoor scene. The dark frame borders and film imperfections enhance its archival quality, making it ideal for historical or nature-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123611885

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: 1958 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: Ontario, Canada 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 1950s Ontario home-movie nature footage for archival requests needing wind, trees, weather atmosphere, or outdoor seasonal cutaways.
Period detail: The frames offer few dated clues beyond the 8mm home-movie source and 1958 metadata, showing a leafy wooded view without buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, with the camera held on moving treetops and dense foliage as wind becomes the subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense green leaves, tree branches, dark film borders, soft focus, shifting canopy texture, and a vertical dark frame edge.
Film character: The footage has a mid-century 8mm look with grain, color shift toward green-blue tones, soft exposure, handheld instability, scratches, and dark gate edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a weather insert, nature transition, environmental cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a sequence about place or season.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a non-urban outdoor setting in Ontario as home-movie observers might have recorded weather and landscape in the late 1950s.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and broader project clearance should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Ontario 8mm trees in wind, vintage home movie foliage, archival windy forest cutaway, and mid-century nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Ontario outdoor material, then broader 1950s home-movie nature or weather footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Ontario 8mm home-movie frame showing dense green foliage and branches moving in wind, with dark film edges visible. — Wind moves through a dense green canopy within dark 8mm frame borders.

1958 Ontario 8mm frame of windblown green foliage, divided by a dark vertical edge from the film scan or frame border. — A dark vertical edge separates areas of windblown foliage.

1958 Ontario 8mm home-movie frame showing blurred leafy branches and wind movement, with visible grain and dark borders. — Motion-softened leaves and branches fill the lower-left frame.

1958 Ontario 8mm frame showing dense green leaves, pale sky glimpses, and visible film wear during a windy outdoor moment. — Dense foliage and pale gaps of sky appear through a weathered 8mm frame.

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