Illinois USA-1962: Men Clearing Fallen Tree Limb

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

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Men Clearing Fallen Tree Limb — Clip Details

ILLINOIS USA-1962: A man in a striped shirt and another in a light-colored shirt work together to remove a large fallen tree limb from a residential yard. The scene, shot on 8mm film, shows the damaged tree branch resting across the roof and yard of a modest house. The men use tools to cut and clear the debris, with a white ball visible on the grass. The footage captures a moment of post-storm cleanup in a suburban neighborhood, with natural lighting and the characteristic grain of vintage home movie film.

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: 123716443

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: Suits a 1960s suburban life or post-storm documentary sequence; usable as editorial or educational footage depicting everyday American homeowners managing storm damage.
Period detail: Light-colored shirts and the modest single-story house exterior visible in these frames are consistent with early 1960s Midwestern suburban domestic aesthetics.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from across the yard at a relaxed distance, capturing an unposed work scene between neighbors or family members -- a candid record of communal domestic labor.
What appears in frame: Fallen tree limb arching across yard and house, man in light-colored shirt viewed from behind, white ball on lawn, gravel path along yard edge, single-story house with window, mature deciduous trees, upright fence posts.
Film character: Characteristic 8mm color saturation and soft grain lend warmth to the midday outdoor light, with slight softness and edge vignetting typical of consumer-gauge film from this period.
Edit role: Works as an establishing cutaway for a storm-cleanup or suburban-life sequence, or as a quiet memory-beat insert in a broader 1960s Americana narrative.
Historical context: Post-storm tree removal was a common domestic activity in American suburbs of the early 1960s; this footage provides an unmediated glimpse of that everyday communal reality.
Research note: Individuals visible but appear from behind with faces largely obscured; standard likeness review still advised. House exterior visible; copyright cleared per Stockfilm terms; property releases not guaranteed.
Research search match: 1960s Illinois suburban yard storm damage, 8mm home movie tree removal, early 1960s Americana outdoor work footage, vintage film post-storm cleanup.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or Illinois 1962 material; then with 1960s suburban yard or outdoor work footage; then with home-movie storm or seasonal cleanup sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Establishing shot of a suburban Illinois yard, c. 1962, showing a large fallen tree limb draped across a modest single-story house and lawn, shot on 8mm film. — Fallen tree limb across a suburban yard and house exterior, Illinois, 1962.

Man in light-colored shirt viewed from behind in a suburban Illinois yard, c. 1962; fallen tree branch arching overhead, white ball on lawn, ranch house in background. — Man surveying fallen tree damage in a suburban yard, Illinois, 1962.

Two figures working in a suburban Illinois yard, c. 1962; fallen tree branch overhead, ranch house in background, second person near fence visible, shot on 8mm. — Two men working to clear fallen tree debris in a suburban yard, Illinois, 1962.

Man viewed from behind in a suburban Illinois yard, c. 1962, with fallen tree branch arching overhead and single-story house behind; 8mm home movie footage. — Man amid fallen tree branch in a suburban yard, Illinois, 1962.

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