Clarkdale Arizona USA-1968: Man Opening Christmas Present by Tree

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationClarksdale, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Arizona

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Man Opening Christmas Present by Tree — Clip Details

CLARKSDALE ARIZONA USA-1968: An older man in a white short-sleeved shirt and light pants kneels in a front room, opening a Christmas present. He has a tattoo on his forearm and carefully unwraps a gift with red and white patterned paper. A decorated Christmas tree with tinsel and ornaments stands in the background, next to a blue and white checkered curtain. The scene is captured on vintage 8mm film, showing warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain, evoking a nostalgic 1960s holiday memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124347279

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1040 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: scottsdale
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: scottsdale arizona
Date: 1968 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: Clarksdale, Arizona, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s home-movie footage for projects needing a quiet Christmas gift-opening moment inside a private American front room.
Period detail: The tinsel tree, patterned wrapping paper, short-sleeved white shirt, light trousers, and checkered curtains may show late-1960s domestic holiday style.
Home-movie behavior: The man kneels close to the tree and handles the wrapped package carefully, giving the scene an unstaged family-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an older man, red-and-white wrapping paper, a tinsel Christmas tree, ornaments, blue checkered curtains, plants, and room furnishings.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet edge density typical of home-movie scans.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an intimate holiday insert, memory beat, family-life cutaway, or transition within a 1960s domestic sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a private Christmas exchange in a modest front room, emphasizing everyday family ritual rather than a public event.
Research note: People and a private interior are visible, so likeness and property review may be needed in addition to any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 8mm Christmas home movie, older man opening present, Arizona family holiday interior, and vintage tinsel tree footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel holiday scenes, then Clarksdale Arizona 1968 interiors, then broader 1960s Christmas home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In a 1968 Clarksdale, Arizona home-movie frame, an older man kneels by a tinsel Christmas tree and unwraps a gift. — An older man kneels beside holiday gifts near a decorated Christmas tree.

The man leans toward the floor near a tinsel Christmas tree, with blue checkered curtains and gift boxes behind him. — The man bends down beside presents and holiday decorations.

In the front room, the man turns toward a red-and-white wrapped box while the tinsel tree and checkered curtains fill the background. — The man turns toward the wrapped present beside the tree.

The man sits or kneels near the tree, holding a red-and-white wrapped present in the private holiday interior. — The man handles the wrapped present beside the Christmas tree.

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