Moline Illinois USA-1962: Woman Spinning After Seeing Unidentifiable Lights

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationMoline, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Illinois

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Woman Spinning After Seeing Unidentifiable Lights — Clip Details

Moline Illinois USA-1962: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a woman in a black hat and mint green coat smiling and turning in a parking lot, surrounded by classic American cars from the early 1960s. Another woman in a plaid coat and white hat stands nearby, while a third woman in a red hat appears in profile. The scene transitions to a dark night sky with three distant, glowing lights, evoking a sense of mystery and classic UFO lore. Shot on 8mm film, this archival footage showcases the grainy, color-bleached aesthetic of mid-century home movies, offering authentic retro footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
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: 124624769

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

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 2325 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: glenn t evans
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: moline illinois
Date: 1962 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: Moline, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief human reaction beat paired with ambiguous night-sky lights for documentary or editorial use.
Period detail: The parked cars, women's hats, coats and color 8mm look support an early 1960s setting in Moline, Illinois, as supplied by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value in the women's casual outdoor reactions, with the camera shifting from social observation to distant lights in darkness.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include women in hats and coats, a parking-lot setting, classic cars, a white building, bare trees and small glowing lights against a dark sky.
Film character: The scan shows handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure and color fading typical of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, transition or memory beat between ordinary daytime social footage and mysterious night-sky material.
Historical context: The clip visually connects everyday early 1960s public life with a home-movie record of distant lights, without proving what the lights represent.
Research note: Faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status, location context and any property or personal rights should be checked separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1960s Moline home movie, woman reacting in parking lot, 8mm unidentified lights or vintage UFO-style sky footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Moline material, then broader 1960s home movies of sky lights or public reactions.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1962 Moline home-movie footage, a woman in a black hat and mint coat faces the camera near early 1960s parked cars. — Woman in hat and mint coat near a parking lot with classic cars behind her.

Women in winter coats and hats stand near parked cars in an outdoor lot.

The scene shifts to a dark night view with several distant yellow lights visible in the upper part of the frame. — Small distant lights appear in a largely dark night frame.

A dark 8mm night shot shows three distant glowing lights with little surrounding detail visible. — Three distant lights glow against a dark background.

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