Illinois USA-1962: Men Cutting Fallen Tree Limb

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

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Men Cutting Fallen Tree Limb — Clip Details

ILLINOIS USA-1962: Three men work together to cut a large fallen tree limb from a residential yard. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a sunny day in a suburban neighborhood, with the men using tools to remove the branch from a house's roof and yard. The scene shows a classic mid-century home, a chain-link fence, and white spherical lawn ornaments, all under the shadow of the damaged tree. The grainy, color-graded quality of the Super 8 film adds to the authentic, nostalgic feel of this vintage home movie.

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: 123716485

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: A 1962 Illinois home-movie of suburban storm cleanup suits documentary segments on post-war American residential life, community labor, or mid-century Midwest neighborhood culture.
Period detail: Ranch-style house exterior, chain-link fencing, and white spherical lawn ornaments on posts suggest early-1960s suburban Midwest aesthetics; ladder and casual work clothing align with the period.
Home-movie behavior: Unstaged documentary impulse to record a dramatic neighborhood event, a storm-damaged limb threatening the house, capturing collective community response in real time.
What appears in frame: Ranch-style house with low-pitched roof, large tree with fallen storm limb, three men in casual work clothing, wooden ladder, white spherical ornaments on posts, chain-link fence, green lawn.
Film character: 8mm color emulsion shows warm color drift, mild grain, and soft focus consistent with amateur Kodachrome or Ektachrome stock from the early 1960s, lending authentic period texture.
Edit role: Works as a brief insert or illustrative cutaway in segments on storm damage, community labor, or mid-century suburban life; too short at 5 seconds for a standalone narrative beat.
Historical context: Mid-century American suburbs commonly featured decorative yard ornaments and chain-link fences; the scene reflects a post-war Midwest residential aesthetic familiar from the early 1960s.
Research note: Adult faces appear identifiable in multiple frames; individuals and property owners have not been identified, so likeness and property releases are advisable before commercial use.
Research search match: Researchers may search '1960s suburban storm cleanup,' 'men cutting fallen tree home movie,' 'Illinois 1962 yard work,' or 'mid-century American neighborhood archival footage.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel footage for scene continuity, then other Illinois 1960s residential clips, then broader storm-damage or suburban yard-work home movies from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Illinois suburban yard: men gathered near a fallen tree limb beside a mid-century ranch house with decorative white sphere posts and chain-link fence. — Men assess storm damage near fallen tree limb, Illinois, 1962.

1962 Illinois: men with a ladder working to remove a storm-damaged tree limb in a suburban yard beside a mid-century ranch house. — Men work to remove fallen limb with ladder, suburban Illinois, 1962.

1962 Illinois suburban home: storm-damaged tree limb draped over ranch-style house roof, with decorative white sphere posts along the driveway and chain-link fence. — Fallen limb rests across house roof, Illinois, 1962.

1962 Illinois: full extent of storm-damaged tree limb over a mid-century ranch house with white sphere posts, chain-link fence, and a single figure at frame right. — Fallen tree limb over ranch house, suburban Illinois, 1962.

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