Illinois USA-1962: A Slow Panning Shot Of A Dark And Drab Range

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

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A Slow Panning Shot Of A Dark And Drab Range — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this clip captures a slow panning view of a dark, silhouetted tree line against a pale, overcast sky. The image is framed by heavy black borders, characteristic of vintage home movie footage, with visible film grain and slight imperfections. The landscape appears flat and rural, with a dark field in the foreground and a distant treeline under a muted, grayish-blue sky. The overall mood is quiet, nostalgic, and slightly melancholic, evoking a sense of rural Americana from the early 1960s.

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: 123716919

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Fills 1960s rural Americana B-roll needs for documentary features on Midwest agricultural life or early 1960s small-town USA.
Period detail: Heavy 8mm black borders, muted color palette, and flat Illinois farmland composition are consistent with early 1960s home-movie practices.
Home-movie behavior: The slow, contemplative pan suggests an amateur filmmaker pausing to record the quiet countryside, possibly during a family outing or road stop.
What appears in frame: Silhouetted treeline, pale overcast lavender-gray sky, dark underexposed foreground field, farm structure silhouettes, heavy black film-edge borders, and visible fine grain.
Film character: Underexposed foreground, muted lavender-gray sky tones, heavy frame-edge vignetting, and visible grain give the footage a subdued, atmospheric 8mm texture.
Edit role: Works as a contemplative landscape cutaway or scene-setting insert between more active sequences in a documentary or narrative period piece.
Historical context: Flat rural Illinois farmland in the early 1960s, a landscape largely unchanged from the postwar era, evoking Midwest quietude before suburbanization expanded.
Research note: No people, recognizable structures, logos, or private-property signage are identifiable; copyright rests with the original footage holder and has not been assessed for clearance.
Research search match: Researchers seeking 1960s rural Midwest landscape, Illinois farmland B-roll, 8mm home movie nature pan, or early 1960s overcast countryside footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same 1962 Illinois reel, then Midwest rural landscape footage from the early 1960s, then overcast open-countryside cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame from 1962 Illinois showing a silhouetted treeline and barn against a gray overcast sky, flat dark field below. — Silhouetted treeline at the start of the pan, Illinois 1962.

Mid-pan 8mm frame from 1962 Illinois; treeline extends across the horizon with farm structures silhouetted under a muted gray sky. — Pan continues across flat Illinois countryside, 1962.

8mm footage from 1962 Illinois showing a low horizon with silhouetted farm buildings and treeline under a pale lavender-gray sky. — Farm structures emerge along the horizon line mid-pan.

Final frame of 1962 Illinois 8mm pan showing treeline, possible barn or silo silhouettes, and a muted lavender-gray overcast sky. — End of pan revealing distant farm structures along the horizon.

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