Alaska-1946: Lot Of Snow Surrounding A House

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

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Lot Of Snow Surrounding A House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a snow-covered house in Alaska during winter. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple hue, likely from film stock or processing, with deep snow piled high around the structure. A flagpole stands near the house, and trees frame the dark, wintry landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a slightly shaky, handheld quality, evoking a sense of quiet isolation and historical nostalgia.

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: 124550545

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 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 requests needing 1940s Alaska home-movie footage of winter housing, heavy snow, or isolated domestic exteriors for documentary or educational editing.
Period detail: The 1946 date is supported by metadata, while the simple low house, flagpole, deep snowbanks, and wooded setting may show mid-century residential life in Alaska.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, holding on a snowbound house from outside rather than presenting a formal architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-covered house, high snowbanks, a flagpole, dark trees, rooflines, windows, and a partially obscured vehicle-like shape near the edge.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture with visible grain, soft focus, purple color cast, dark exposure, and slight handheld instability.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short winter cutaway, location insert, memory beat, or transition into a sequence about Alaska, domestic life, or severe cold.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for a cold residential landscape, emphasizing snow accumulation around a house rather than identifiable public events or people.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright, location, and property-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended project.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1946 Alaska snow house, 1940s 8mm winter home movie, vintage residential snowbanks, and archival Alaska winter exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Alaska material, then broader 1940s winter home-movie or snowbound house footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Alaska home-movie frame showing a low house surrounded by deep snow, with dark trees and a flagpole nearby. — A snowbound house stands behind high snowbanks under trees.

1946 Alaska winter exterior with a house behind piled snow, framed by trees and a nearby flagpole. — The camera holds on the house and surrounding snowbanks.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame of a snow-covered house and deep roadside snow, with trees behind and a dark object at left. — Deep snow fills the foreground before the house.

1946 Alaska home-movie frame showing a quiet winter house exterior with piled snow, trees, and a flagpole. — The final frame keeps the snow-covered house centered in view.

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