Massachusetts USA-1968: Cine Film Of A Block Of Flats With A Tree At The Side

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationMassachusetts, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Cine Film Of A Block Of Flats With A Tree At The Side — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a quiet urban block in Massachusetts. The footage shows a row of classic brick townhouses with dark shutters and white-trimmed windows, a small tree standing at the side of the buildings. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus reflect the authentic look of Super 8 home footage from the era. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century residential architecture and neighborhood life.

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: 125008589

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1968 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: Massachusetts, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Massachusetts residential cutaways, urban housing context, or quiet neighborhood inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The brick or clapboard facade, dark shutters, white trim, and soft 8mm color may show mid-century residential streetscape details.
Home-movie behavior: The steady framing feels like a brief home-movie glance at nearby housing rather than staged architectural coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include multi-story flats, dark shutters, white-trimmed windows, a small tree, siding or brick texture, and film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight fading, and uneven exposure that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short exterior insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition, or memory beat for 1960s urban life.
Historical context: The footage offers a modest view of residential density and everyday streetside architecture without showing residents or street activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and property-context review should remain separate checks.
Research search match: Searches such as 1968 Massachusetts home movie flats, 8mm residential buildings, urban townhouse exterior, and 1960s housing cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel neighborhood footage, then Massachusetts 1968 exteriors, then broader 1960s housing and home-movie streetscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Massachusetts 8mm frame showing a quiet residential block with shuttered windows, white trim, and a small tree beside the facade. — A steady exterior view of flats with dark shutters and a tree along the side of the building.

1968 Massachusetts home-movie still of a multi-story residential exterior with shuttered windows and a tree near the building side. — Rows of windows and dark shutters remain framed beside the tree in this residential exterior.

1968 Massachusetts 8mm still showing a residential building facade, dark shutters, white-trimmed windows, and tree branches. — The camera holds on the building facade, with the tree overlapping the lower windows.

1968 Massachusetts home-movie frame of a quiet residential exterior with shuttered windows, a side tree, and visible film-edge vignetting. — The final frame keeps the same quiet exterior view of flats, windows, shutters, and the tree.

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