Illinois USA-1962: Man Chopping Down Tree as It Falls on House

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

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Man Chopping Down Tree as It Falls on House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a man working in a suburban yard in Illinois. He climbs a leafy tree, using a tool to cut branches as the tree begins to fall. The scene unfolds in front of a white house with a steeple-like roof, surrounded by green grass, a blue fence, and white posts. The footage shows natural daylight and the characteristic grain of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic 1960s Americana moment.

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: 123716636

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 documentary or editorial requests for 1960s American suburban life, DIY yard work, or sequences depicting residential property maintenance in the postwar Midwest.
Period detail: The peaked-cupola house style, TV antenna, decorative white fence posts, and 8mm color saturation are consistent with early-1960s suburban Midwest Americana.
Home-movie behavior: A family member filmed from a distance as the man worked high in the tree, capturing the informal documentary impulse of a home-movie maker witnessing an unusual backyard event.
What appears in frame: Wide suburban yard with mature trees, a house with a peaked cupola-style roof, a man visible high in a tree, white decorative fence posts, blue fence rails, a mown green lawn, and a TV antenna.
Film character: The 8mm stock shows warm color saturation, soft focus at distance, and moderate grain that give the scene the characteristically dreamy texture of early-1960s amateur film.
Edit role: Functions as an establishing wide shot or slow-burn cutaway illustrating suburban DIY; the static framing and gradual movement make it useful as a tension-building insert.
Historical context: Backyard tree work by homeowners was common in postwar suburban America as families maintained their own properties, reflecting the self-reliant domestic culture of the era.
Research note: An adult figure is visible in the tree; the private residential property is identifiable; editorial use should seek clearance advice on both likeness and property rights.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via queries for 1960s suburban America home movie, Illinois backyard, tree work archival footage, or Midwest homeowner 1962.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel or Illinois 1962 footage; then with suburban yard-work or property-maintenance sequences from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame from 1962 Illinois showing a man working in a tall tree above a suburban house with a distinctive cupola-style peaked roof. — Man in tree above suburban Illinois house, 1962.

1962 Illinois 8mm frame showing a man in a tall tree with a suburban house featuring a steeple-like peaked roof visible behind leafy canopy. — Man in tree, peaked-roof house behind, Illinois 1962.

Mid-action 8mm frame from 1962 Illinois; man visible in upper tree branches above a suburban house with a distinctive steeple-like roofline. — Man in tree above 1960s suburban house, Illinois.

Final 1962 Illinois 8mm frame showing man in tree above suburban house; a light-coloured driveway and decorative fence posts appear in the foreground. — Man in tree, driveway and house visible, Illinois 1962.

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