Illinois USA-1962: Two Men Cutting Tree Branch with Saw

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

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Two Men Cutting Tree Branch with Saw — Clip Details

ILLINOIS USA-1962: Two men work together in a suburban backyard, using a saw to cut down a large tree branch. One man in a light-colored shirt and dark pants stands near a white ball on the grass, while the other in a striped shirt reaches up to the branch. The scene is captured on vintage 8mm film, showing natural sunlight, green grass, and a house in the background. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic home movie quality with visible film grain and slight motion blur, evoking mid-century American domestic life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123716393

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits requests for early 1960s American domestic or suburban life, home maintenance, and mid-century everyday labor scenes in documentary or educational productions.
Period detail: Mid-century suburban setting with period-typical men's casual work clothing — light shirt with dark trousers, striped shirt — consistent with early 1960s styles; residential house architecture suggests post-war American suburb.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a stationary ground-level position in the backyard, capturing a practical household task in the unstaged, matter-of-fact style typical of amateur 8mm family documentation.
What appears in frame: Two adult men, large leaning tree with ropes attached, wooden ladder, white ball on lawn, gravel path, light-colored house exterior, and dense background hedges and trees.
Film character: Saturated color palette and moderate grain consistent with Kodachrome-era 8mm stock; slight motion blur on the working figures; visible film-sprocket margins add authentic archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a suburban domestic insert or memory beat in 1960s America sequences; the cooperative outdoor labor action suits a cutaway in documentary segments on community, self-reliance, or mid-century home life.
Historical context: Backyard tree work with hand tools and rope rigging reflects the DIY home-maintenance culture of post-war suburban America, where homeowners routinely managed property without professional contractors.
Research note: Two adult males are visible; faces are partially obscured by distance and camera angle; standard editorial review is recommended for likeness; residential house appears but no street address is discernible.
Research search match: Researchers may search '1960s suburban backyard,' 'men working outdoors 8mm,' 'mid-century home movie Illinois,' 'tree work vintage footage,' or 'postwar American domestic labor.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Illinois 1962 source reel; then with 1960s American suburban home-maintenance footage; then with period scenes of domestic outdoor labor or property upkeep.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two men in casual 1960s work clothing manage a rope-secured leaning tree in a suburban Illinois backyard, circa 1962, captured on 8mm film. — Two men work together on a backyard tree, circa 1962.

Two men in early-1960s casual clothing work near a rope-secured tree in a suburban Illinois backyard, circa 1962, on 8mm film. — Men at work on tree removal in a suburban yard, circa 1962.

Man in striped shirt reaches up toward the tree as his companion stands nearby in a suburban Illinois backyard, circa 1962, on 8mm film. — One man reaches up to the tree while his companion stands by, circa 1962.

Two men beside a rope-secured tree in a 1960s suburban Illinois backyard; period-typical residential house and hedges are visible, circa 1962. — Two men near the rope-secured tree in a suburban yard, circa 1962.

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