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Colby Wisconsin USA-1972: Green And Blue Children's Train Ride Driving Across

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  • Year1972
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationColby, Wisconsin, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD

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Green And Blue Children's Train Ride Driving Across — Clip Details

Never-before-seen 8mm home movie professionally captured in 4k (3840x2160 UHD) resolution at 29.97 fps. Post processing including cinematic classic retro color correction and modern halogen lighting with advanced degrain filters with modified 1.6 f-stop projector achromatic lens. Learn more about our archival footage restoration library here: StockFilm.com and major thanks for supporting the preservation of the unique historical perspective and legacy of early cinematographers.

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
124349319

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: Yes
  • 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
1972 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
Colby, Wisconsin, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • train
  • amusement
  • happiness
  • ride
  • childhood
  • green
  • blue
  • children's
  • driving
  • open
  • pavement
  • transportation
  • colby wisconsin USA
  • 1972

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1970s home-movie footage for requests needing a small amusement train ride, childhood leisure, or Midwestern community recreation as an archival insert.
Period detail
The open-sided green and blue ride cars, paved roadway, and soft 8mm color may show a 1972 small-town amusement setting in Colby, Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective as riders pass the camera in an open children's train, with seated passengers visible through the car frames.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include an open-sided miniature train, green and blue cars, seated riders, paved street, trees, grass, flower beds, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage has a soft 8mm look with visible grain, slight color shift toward blue-purple, handheld framing, and contact-print edge shadows.
Edit role
An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, memory beat, or transition for childhood recreation, small amusement rides, or local 1970s leisure scenes.
Historical context
The scene documents a modest public ride experience with open cars moving along pavement near trees and landscaping, viewed from a home-movie camera position.
Research note
People and possible ride lettering are visible, so copyright, trademark, likeness, and location identification should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm children's train ride, Colby Wisconsin home movie, miniature amusement train, and vintage family recreation footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Colby 1972 material, then broader 1970s amusement ride or childhood recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Colby, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a green and blue open-sided children's train car moving past trees and pavement.
A green and blue miniature train car passes the camera with seated riders visible through the open sides.
The open children's train continues past the camera in Colby, Wisconsin, with riders seated under a green roof in a 1972 8mm frame.
The ride car moves across the frame, showing bench seats, passengers, and dark lettering along the roof edge.
A blue and green open-sided train car passes through a park-like area in the 1972 Colby, Wisconsin home-movie footage.
Passengers sit inside the open train car as it moves past trees, grass, and pavement.
The children's train exits the frame in a 1972 Colby, Wisconsin home-movie shot, with landscaping and a few people visible nearby.
The rear of the train slips out of view beside a flower bed and tree-lined paved area.

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