Evanston Illinois-1964: View Of Green Trees And Lake With Rocky Cliffs On A Sunny Day

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationEvanston, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1964 Evanston Illinois

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View Of Green Trees And Lake With Rocky Cliffs On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in Evanston, Illinois. The clip opens with a wide view of a calm lake bordered by lush green trees and a prominent layered rock formation under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The camera then moves closer, focusing on the textured, stratified rock face, highlighting its natural geological layers and the small evergreen trees growing from its crevices. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, mid-century American outdoor scene perfect for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123992824

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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: 1964 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: Evanston, Illinois, 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: Useful for 1960s outdoor archive requests needing a quiet Midwestern lakeside landscape insert or nature cutaway from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm-era travel filming of a lake, wooded shoreline and layered rock formations, with no visible buildings, vehicles or clothing to date the scene independently.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor recording scenery from a boat or shoreline, moving from a broad lake view to closer looks at the rock face.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm water, blue sky, scattered clouds, evergreen trees, stratified cliffs, shadowed rock ledges and sunlit shoreline textures.
Film character: The clip has saturated color, visible grain, soft focus shifts and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, geographic establishing insert, reflective transition or quiet memory beat within a 1960s sequence.
Historical context: The footage preserves a mid-century amateur view of a recreational lakeside setting, emphasizing landscape observation rather than people or public activity.
Research note: No people, logos or private interiors are visible, but location identification and any property or access considerations should be independently reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm lake scenery, Evanston Illinois home movie landscape, rocky cliff shoreline, vintage wooded lake view and sunny outdoor travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Evanston or Illinois footage, then broader 1960s lake, park and rocky shoreline scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 8mm view of a lake near Evanston, Illinois, with trees and stratified rocky cliffs in bright daylight. — Wide lakeside view with wooded cliffs and scattered clouds.

Close 8mm frame of stratified rock ledges along the Evanston lakeside, partly shaded with trees at the edge. — Sunlit and shadowed layers of a rocky lakeside cliff.

1964 home-movie frame of layered lakeside rock, small evergreens and a shallow dark opening in the cliff face. — Layered cliff detail with trees growing near the rock ledges.

Final 8mm frame holds on the textured Evanston lakeside cliff, with trees above and pale rock ledges in sun. — Textured rock formation and trees along the lakeside cliff.

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