Hagerstown Maryland USA-1962: House With A Car Out Front And Christmas Decorations

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationHagerstown, Maryland, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Hagerstown Maryland

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House With A Car Out Front And Christmas Decorations — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1962 captures a classic American suburban scene in Hagerstown, Maryland. A purple classic American sedan, likely a Chevrolet, is parked in the driveway of a two-story house with white siding and black shutters. The house and a small evergreen tree in the front yard are decorated with colorful Christmas lights, glowing warmly against the cool purple tint of the film. The camera pans slowly across the front of the home, showcasing the festive holiday atmosphere of a mid-century family's Christmas celebration.

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: 123720596

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Hagerstown, Maryland, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves documentary and commercial projects needing an authenticated 1960s suburban American Christmas exterior shot on original 8mm film.
Period detail: White clapboard two-story house with black shutters and a large American sedan match early 1960s domestic architecture and automotive styling; a Christmas wreath and string lights confirm a winter holiday season.
Home-movie behavior: An amateur filmmaker steps outside on a winter day to document the family home decorated for Christmas, providing an unstaged record of how a mid-century American household marked the holiday.
What appears in frame: A full-size American sedan in the driveway, white clapboard siding with black shutters, a front door with Christmas wreath and garland, glowing string lights along the entry, a small decorated evergreen, and an exterior wall sconce.
Film character: A pronounced purple-blue color cast and visible grain typical of aged 8mm color reversal stock give the footage immediate period authenticity without obscuring subject detail.
Edit role: Works as an establishing exterior or memory-beat cutaway in documentary and narrative projects requiring a mid-century American suburban Christmas setting.
Historical context: The decorated residential exterior reflects postwar American home-ownership culture and the domestic holiday conventions common to early 1960s middle-class family life.
Research note: No identifiable people or legible brand marks are visible; the private residential exterior was filmed from street level, but private-property clearance requirements vary by jurisdiction and intended use.
Research search match: Researchers may search for '1960s Christmas suburban house 8mm,' 'mid-century American holiday home movie,' or '1962 Maryland residential exterior vintage film.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same Hagerstown Maryland reel, then with 1960s suburban exterior or domestic holiday footage, then with any Christmas or winter home-movie material from the early 1960s.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame, ca. 1962, Hagerstown Maryland: full-size American sedan beside a white clapboard house; Christmas-decorated small evergreen tree in yard; strong purple film cast. — Sedan and Christmas tree, front yard — 0:00

8mm home movie frame, ca. 1962, Hagerstown Maryland: two-story house facade with black shutters, Christmas wreath and garland at front entrance, full-size sedan in driveway; purple-shifted color. — House facade and decorated entrance — 0:02

8mm home movie frame, ca. 1962, Hagerstown Maryland: car front end with dual headlights in foreground; Christmas wreath and glowing string lights on doorway; exterior wall sconce; aged purple-blue cast. — Car hood and Christmas-lit entrance — 0:03

8mm home movie frame, ca. 1962, Hagerstown Maryland: car hood in foreground, Christmas wreath and garland on lit doorway, wall sconce illuminated; purple-blue 8mm color cast throughout. — Lit Christmas doorway with car in foreground — 0:05

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