Danville Illinois-1966: Cardinals on Snow-Capped Evergreen Tree

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationDanville, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Danville Illinois

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Cardinals on Snow-Capped Evergreen Tree — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Danville Illinois in 1966 captures a close-up of a snow-capped evergreen tree against a clear blue sky. Several red cardinals are perched among the branches, their bright plumage contrasting with the white snow and dark green needles. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, with a slightly soft focus and natural camera movement, evoking a nostalgic winter scene from a mid-century family home movie.

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: 124038298

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 1106 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: wedding,vacation
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: danville,illinois,california
Date: 1966 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: Danville, Illinois, 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: Useful 1960s Midwest home-movie nature footage for documentary inserts, seasonal transitions, or quiet winter memory sequences.
Period detail: The visible scene offers few date-specific clues, but the metadata places this 8mm footage in Danville, Illinois in 1966.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on backyard wildlife with a patient, observational home-movie perspective rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red cardinals, snow-dusted evergreen needles, a clear blue sky, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a winter cutaway, a nature insert, a pause between family scenes, or a quiet memory beat.
Historical context: The footage reflects a mid-century domestic view of local winter wildlife without showing people, buildings, or identifiable property.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location documentation should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Search matches include 1960s 8mm winter birds, Danville Illinois home movie, cardinals in snow, and evergreen tree cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then Danville 1966 material, then other winter nature or backyard wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Danville, Illinois 8mm frame showing red cardinals among snow-capped evergreen branches under a blue sky. — Cardinals perch in snowy evergreen branches against a clear winter sky.

Danville, Illinois home-movie frame of cardinals clustered in a snow-dusted evergreen, with saturated 8mm color. — Several cardinals remain perched near the snowy top of the evergreen.

1966 8mm frame from Danville showing red cardinals partly obscured by snowy evergreen needles and soft film focus. — The cardinals are partly obscured by branches as the camera holds on the tree.

Final 1966 Danville frame showing red cardinals perched in a snow-capped evergreen, framed by 8mm home-movie edges. — Cardinals stay perched in the evergreen as the short winter nature shot ends.

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