Hagerstown Maryland USA-1962: Woman Unwrapping Gifts By Decorated Christmas Tree

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

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Woman Unwrapping Gifts By Decorated Christmas Tree — Clip Details

A woman in a purple plaid shirt sits in a chair beside a silver tinsel Christmas tree, carefully unwrapping a gift in a cozy 1962 home. The room features a vintage lamp, white curtains with red ornaments, and a small TV, all captured on grainy 8mm film. A man in a white shirt briefly appears, adding to the intimate family holiday atmosphere. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123721007

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 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 or editorial requests for authentic early-1960s American domestic Christmas footage, usable in holiday nostalgia, mid-century social history, and Americana productions.
Period detail: Silver tinsel Christmas tree, ornamental balls on curtain rod, boxy early-color television set, and vintage table lamp are consistent with an early-1960s American home interior.
Home-movie behavior: The woman focuses intently on unwrapping her gift with little apparent awareness of the camera, lending the footage the candid, unstaged quality of genuine family home movies.
What appears in frame: Woman in purple plaid shirt, silver tinsel Christmas tree, ornate table lamp, boxy vintage television at frame edge, white curtains with hanging red ornament balls, colorfully wrapped gift, framed artwork on wall, lattice-back upholstered chair.
Film character: Pronounced 8mm grain, a warm-shifting-to-purple color cast, and uneven exposure across frames deliver the textural authenticity expected of color reversal stock from the early 1960s.
Edit role: Functions as a holiday atmosphere insert or nostalgic memory beat in documentary segments covering postwar American domestic life, mid-century Christmas traditions, or period family narratives.
Historical context: Aluminum tinsel trees were a widespread consumer novelty in American homes from the late 1950s through mid-1960s, situating this interior squarely within the stated 1962 date and era.
Research note: Adult faces are clearly visible and identifiable; footage was filmed inside a private residence; editorial or documentary use will require likeness consideration and a property clearance assessment; rights status is unverified.
Research search match: Likely retrieved via searches such as '1960s Christmas home movie', 'early 1960s American family holiday', '8mm Christmas gift unwrapping', or 'aluminum tinsel tree vintage footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel, then with 1960s mid-Atlantic or Maryland domestic footage, then thematically with aluminum-tree or Christmas gift-opening clips from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

Woman in purple plaid shirt seated in a 1962 Hagerstown, Maryland home interior; silver tinsel Christmas tree, ornate lamp, and curtained window with red ornamental balls behind her. — Woman seated near tinsel Christmas tree, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1962.

Severely underexposed 8mm frame from a 1962 home Christmas recording; only a faint silvery tinsel tree outline and dark room interior are discernible. — Underexposed transitional frame, Christmas interior, 1962.

Woman in plaid shirt unwrapping a gift in a 1962 home interior; boxy vintage television at frame left, silver tinsel Christmas tree and table lamp behind her, curtained window above. — Woman unwrapping Christmas gift, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1962.

Woman in plaid shirt focused on unwrapping a gift in a 1962 Maryland home; boxy vintage TV, ornate lamp, silver tinsel Christmas tree, and white curtained window visible in background. — Woman opening Christmas gift, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1962.

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