Ithaca New York-1979: Beautiful Yellow And Orange Sunset Setting Behind The Hills

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationIthaca, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Beautiful Yellow And Orange Sunset Setting Behind The Hills — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a stunning sunset over a distant horizon, likely in Ithaca, New York. The sun appears as a bright, elongated yellow-orange orb just above the hills, casting a warm glow across the sky. The scene is framed by dark silhouettes of trees and power lines, with a grainy, nostalgic texture characteristic of Super 8 footage. The colors shift subtly from deep purple to fiery orange, creating a serene and timeless atmosphere.

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: 125225826

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: 1979 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: Ithaca, New York, 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 1970s archival requests needing a short scenic sunset insert, contemplative transition, or home-movie atmosphere tied to upstate New York.
Period detail: The footage may show a late-1970s 8mm home-movie view, with silhouetted utility lines, distant hills, and saturated sunset exposure as the main visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the horizon from a casual observer's position, preserving an unstaged moment of watching the sun drop behind the hills.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bright yellow-orange sun, dark hill line, purple-blue sky, low clouds, silhouetted trees, utility wires, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, strong sunset exposure, soft focus, color shift toward purple and orange, and slight handheld framing that reads as archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short cutaway, day-ending transition, memory beat, or quiet visual bridge between personal or regional archive scenes.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for a rural or edge-of-town horizon view near Ithaca, with power lines and wooded silhouettes framing an ordinary sunset.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or identifiable private property are visible, though users should still assess copyright status and any location-specific use concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1979 8mm sunset footage, Ithaca New York home movie horizon, vintage orange sky over hills, and 1970s scenic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then with 1979 Ithaca or upstate New York material, then with sunset, landscape, or memory-transition clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 8mm home-movie frame likely near Ithaca, showing a bright sunset over dark hills beneath a purple-blue sky. — The sun glows near the horizon behind a dark hill line and silhouetted landscape.

Likely Ithaca-area 1979 8mm frame of the sun setting behind hills, with dark foreground silhouettes and visible film grain. — A saturated sunset sits just above the hills, framed by dark trees and faint overhead wires.

Vintage 8mm frame from 1979 likely near Ithaca, showing the sun partly lowered behind a dark ridge line. — The horizon darkens as the yellow-orange sun settles against the ridge.

1979 8mm home-movie frame likely near Ithaca, with a low orange sun behind hills and utility wires crossing the sky. — The final view holds on the low sun, dark hills, and thin utility lines across the sky.

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