Walworth Wisconsin USA-1963: Sunset over Rural Fields and Trees

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationWalworth, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1963 Walworth Wisconsin

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Sunset over Rural Fields and Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1963, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a rural Wisconsin landscape. The sun glows warmly on the horizon, casting a pink and purple hue across the sky, with silhouetted trees and fields visible in the distance. The footage is framed by dark barn or building edges, creating a natural window effect. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, timeless Americana feel. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123776810

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 1641 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: barrington,centennial parade,walworth county fair,reel-3
Reel-level year note: 1963
Reel-level location note: elkhorn,wisconsin,california, san pedro
Date: 1963 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: Walworth, Wisconsin, 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: 1960s rural Wisconsin home-movie sunset footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing an atmospheric Midwestern landscape insert.
Period detail: The frames may show 1963 rural Walworth County scenery, with open fields, a low tree line, and dark foreground framing that suggests filming from inside or beside a farm structure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet, unstaged value of a home-movie camera lingering on a sunset rather than recording a planned event or posed subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, pink-purple clouds, silhouetted trees, flat field, dark vertical framing, film gate edges, and small distant human figures.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color shift, visible grain, minor dust, and exposure bloom around the sun as part of its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural establishing insert, reflective transition, end-of-day cutaway, or memory beat between family or place-based scenes.
Historical context: The view offers a modest visual record of a mid-century rural Wisconsin landscape, emphasizing open land, tree silhouettes, and the domestic act of filming a sunset.
Research note: People appear only as very distant silhouettes, but likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm Wisconsin sunset, rural home movie landscape, Midwestern field at dusk, and silhouetted trees at sunset.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Walworth 1963 clips, then broader 1960s rural Wisconsin or sunset home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a low sun near a tree line, pink clouds, open field, and dark framing at the sides. — Low sun glows behind silhouetted trees across a rural field.

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin home-movie frame with the sun at the horizon, cloud bands, distant trees, and dark side framing. — The sunset remains low on the horizon behind the tree line.

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin 8mm frame showing a bright sunset, silhouetted trees, rural field, and tiny distant human figures near the horizon. — Small distant figures stand near the field as the sun sets behind trees.

1963 Walworth, Wisconsin frame of a rural sunset with pink clouds, dark trees, open field, and strong exposure bloom around the sun. — The sun dips into the horizon under a pink cloud bank.

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