Hagerstown Maryland USA-1963: Birthday Cake with Red Icing Being Presented

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationHagerstown, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Hagerstown Maryland

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Birthday Cake with Red Icing Being Presented — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1963 captures a birthday celebration in Hagerstown, Maryland. The footage shows a close-up of a white frosted cake with red icing and a yellow flower decoration. A person in a patterned shirt holds the cake, which is then presented at a table where another individual in a white shirt is seated. The scene is bathed in the characteristic blue-purple tint of aged film, with visible grain and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, intimate family moment.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123681564

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1963 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: Hagerstown, Maryland, 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

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: 1963 8mm home-movie footage from Hagerstown, Maryland supports requests for domestic birthday-party inserts, family celebration cutaways, and mid-century personal-memory sequences.
Period detail: Visible clues include a small frosted cake, paper tableware, casual short-sleeve clothing, and exterior house siding that may show early-1960s home-party surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment as a cake is carried and presented to seated party guests during a casual family birthday gathering.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white frosted cake, red icing writing, small flower decorations, patterned shirt, seated guest, paper cup, table, and house siding.
Film character: The 8mm image has blue-purple color shift, soft focus, heavy grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic scanned home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short birthday-party insert, a family-memory beat, or a transition into domestic celebration material from the same reel.
Historical context: The scene documents an informal home birthday celebration, emphasizing cake presentation and social gathering rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, and no clearance guarantee is implied for identifiable individuals or setting details.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1963 8mm birthday cake home movie, Hagerstown Maryland family party, vintage home birthday celebration, and Super 8 style cake presentation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1963 Hagerstown home-movie scenes, and then with birthday, cake, and family-party footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Hagerstown home-movie frame showing a white frosted birthday cake with red icing writing and a small yellow decoration in soft focus. — A close view of the birthday cake fills the frame, with red icing writing partly visible.

1963 Hagerstown home-movie frame showing a person in a patterned shirt carrying a small decorated birthday cake outdoors or near a porch. — A person carries the decorated cake toward the party area.

1963 Hagerstown home-movie frame showing a cake being carried past a seated guest during a home birthday gathering. — The cake bearer moves past a seated guest as the party setting comes into view.

1963 Hagerstown home-movie frame showing a seated party guest at a table as the birthday cake is presented nearby. — A seated guest waits at the table while the cake is brought into the party space.

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