Illinois USA-1962: Men Chopping Down And Removing A Fallen Tree In Backyard

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIllinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Men Chopping Down And Removing A Fallen Tree In Backyard — Clip Details

ILLINOIS USA-1962: Men in casual summer attire work together to remove a large fallen tree in a lush backyard garden. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the effort of several men using tools to cut and clear the massive trunk, with ornate metal gates and dense greenery framing the scene. The warm, slightly faded colors and visible film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic 1960s home movie feel, documenting a moment of manual labor and community effort in a suburban setting.

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: 123716085

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: Illinois, 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: Fits archival requests for early-1960s domestic labor, suburban life, or community effort sequences for documentary or social-history productions.
Period detail: Men's casual summer dress, white undershirts and light trousers, along with the ornate wrought-iron garden gate are consistent with early-1960s suburban Illinois domestic style.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged quality of men working together to clear a fallen tree captures impromptu community labor that home movies preserved but broadcast footage rarely documented.
What appears in frame: Ornate decorative metal gate, large fallen tree trunk, several men in summer work clothes, dense green hedges, white spherical garden ornament, heavy chain, and lush backyard lawn.
Film character: 8mm grain is pronounced in shadow areas of the gate metalwork; warm, slightly faded palette with soft contrast typical of color reversal stock from the early 1960s.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or insert in a sequence about domestic suburban life, neighborhood labor, or 1960s community values; could anchor a memory beat in personal-history narration.
Historical context: Backyard tree removal by a group of men using hand tools and chain reflects cooperative neighborhood labor culture common before professional tree services were widely available in suburban America.
Research note: Multiple identifiable adult faces visible; talent releases are unlikely to exist for home-movie subjects, so editorial use requires independent legal assessment of likeness rights.
Research search match: Researchers may search 1960s backyard labor, suburban home movie Illinois, men clearing fallen tree 8mm, or early 1960s community work garden.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Illinois Midwest home movies circa 1962, then with suburban backyard or domestic labor footage from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie frame circa 1962, Illinois backyard; ornate wrought-iron gate in foreground, fallen tree trunk and distant figures in lush garden setting — Fallen tree in suburban Illinois backyard framed by decorative iron gate, c. 1962.

8mm home-movie frame circa 1962; figure with raised arms visible beyond ornate iron gate in lush Illinois backyard during tree removal — Worker visible through ornate garden gate during tree removal, Illinois backyard, c. 1962.

8mm home-movie frame circa 1962, Illinois; two men in white undershirts and light shirts clearing a massive fallen tree, ornate iron gate and chain visible — Men work to clear fallen tree beside ornate iron gate, Illinois, 1962.

8mm home-movie frame circa 1962, Illinois; multiple men in summer casual clothing clearing a large fallen tree with chain, ornate gate and lush garden visible — Community labor to clear a fallen tree in Illinois suburban backyard, c. 1962.

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