Hagerstown Maryland USA-1962: Christmas Decorated House With Lights And Wreath

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

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Christmas Decorated House With Lights And Wreath — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a suburban house in Hagerstown, Maryland, decorated for Christmas. The white front door, marked with the number 115, is framed by a green garland and twinkling red and orange lights. A wreath hangs on the door, and a wall-mounted lantern glows above. The footage, viewed through a dark frame, shows slight camera movement and the characteristic grain and color shift of Super 8 film, evoking a nostalgic 1960s holiday atmosphere.

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: 123720623

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$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: Suits documentary or nostalgia requests for 1960s American suburban Christmas decoration, usable as b-roll or scene-setter in social history and holiday retrospective productions.
Period detail: Incandescent colored light strings, wreath-on-door arrangement, and clapboard-and-brick house facade are consistent with early 1960s American residential holiday decoration conventions.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from the street toward a private home, this appears to be an owner or neighbor recording their own holiday display — an unstaged personal record of domestic festivity.
What appears in frame: White front door bearing house number 115, wall-mounted lantern, circular wreath, multicolored incandescent light strings, green garland trim, dark shutters, brick lower facade, and white clapboard upper siding.
Film character: A pronounced blue-purple color cast, visible grain, dark vignetting at frame edges, and slight camera drift are all characteristic of 8mm film exposed under artificial holiday lighting at dusk.
Edit role: Works as an atmospheric insert or memory-beat cutaway in holiday retrospectives, local history documentaries, or social history sequences on postwar American suburban domestic life.
Historical context: Colored incandescent bulb strings and wreath-on-door arrangements were widespread American Christmas traditions by the early 1960s; the house style reflects typical postwar mid-Atlantic residential construction.
Research note: No people are visible; the house exterior and door number 115 constitute identifiable private residential property — verify editorial or commercial use policies before licensing.
Research search match: 1960s American Christmas home exterior, 8mm vintage holiday lights, suburban house Christmas decoration 1960s, postwar domestic holiday nostalgia.
Archive pairing path: Pair with other frames from the same reel or address first; then with 1960s Maryland or mid-Atlantic residential holiday footage; then with period American Christmas domestic scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm film frame circa 1962 showing the decorated front entrance at house 115, Hagerstown, Maryland — wreath on door, multicolored lights, and glowing wall lantern. — Christmas-decorated front door, house no. 115, Hagerstown MD, 1962.

8mm frame circa 1962, Hagerstown, Maryland — front door with wreath, house number 115, red and yellow Christmas lights strung across the entrance, wall lantern glowing. — Front door detail with Christmas wreath and colored lights, 1962.

Wider 8mm frame circa 1962 showing the full front facade of a Hagerstown, Maryland house — bare winter tree branches, colored Christmas lights, and wall lantern visible. — Suburban house exterior at dusk with full facade and Christmas decorations visible, 1962.

Final 8mm frame circa 1962, Hagerstown, Maryland — Christmas-decorated front entrance with colored light bulbs, glowing wall lantern, wreath on door, and porch-level shrubbery. — Christmas lights and wreath at front entrance, Hagerstown MD, 1962.

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