Alaska-1946: Snow Blanket In Front Of A Store As Well As Near A Tree Line

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Alaska

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Snow Blanket In Front Of A Store As Well As Near A Tree Line — Clip Details

ALASKA-1946: Snow blankets the ground in front of a white building with a sign reading 'CRANBROOK B.C. CANADA' and an orange gas pump. The scene shifts to a snowy landscape with dark trees and a large animal, possibly a moose, moving through the winter wilderness. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage footage captures a quiet, cold winter day with a distinct purple tint and grainy texture, evoking mid-20th century nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124550323

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: 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 1178 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 2
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1946 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: Alaska, 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 for 1940s archival requests needing winter exterior cutaways, road-trip home-movie atmosphere, or northern North America snow scenes for documentary context.
Period detail: The storefront sign reading Cranbrook B.C. Canada, older fuel pump shape, and 8mm home-movie color may show mid-20th-century travel-era roadside detail.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual traveler perspective, holding briefly on a snowy storefront before cutting to an animal crossing a winter clearing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-covered street, white storefront, Cranbrook Canada sign, orange fuel pump, dark tree line, open snowy ground, and a large dark animal.
Film character: The clip has heavy 8mm grain, soft focus, purple color shift, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter travel insert, a cold-weather transition, or a quiet memory beat between human settlement and wilderness imagery.
Historical context: The footage places a small commercial roadside frontage beside a snowy landscape, suggesting travel through a cold northern setting without showing people.
Research note: Visible signage and fuel-pump branding may require review; no people are visible, but copyright, trademark, and location/property issues remain separate considerations.
Research search match: Searches such as 1940s 8mm snow storefront, Cranbrook Canada roadside winter, vintage Alaska travel footage, and moose in snowy clearing may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1946 Alaska or western Canada travel scenes, then with broader winter roadside and wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm frame showing a snowy roadside storefront with Cranbrook B.C. Canada signage and an orange fuel pump. — Snow lies across the street in front of a white storefront marked Cranbrook B.C. Canada.

1940s 8mm view of a snow-covered roadside storefront frontage with Cranbrook B.C. Canada signage and winter snowbanks. — A white roadside building with Cranbrook signage stands behind a broad snow-covered foreground.

Archival 8mm winter frame showing a large dark animal, possibly a moose, crossing a snowy clearing near trees. — A large dark animal crosses open snow near a dense tree line.

Archival 8mm frame of a large dark animal, possibly a moose, moving through a snowy winter clearing by trees. — The animal continues across the snow at the edge of a wooded winter landscape.

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