Ithaca New York-1979: A Fire Is Burning Bright In The Night For All To See

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

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A Fire Is Burning Bright In The Night For All To See — Clip Details

A flickering fire burns brightly in the darkness, captured on 8mm film in 1979. The flames dance with warm orange and yellow hues against a deep black night, creating a mesmerizing and intimate glow. The footage shows subtle camera movement and the characteristic grain and slight blurriness of vintage home movie film. The final frame reveals a pink and purple film leader, confirming its analog origin. This nostalgic clip evokes warmth, solitude, and the timeless beauty of a campfire at night.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125226242

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

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: 1970s 8mm home-movie fire footage for documentary inserts, memory sequences, night atmosphere, or archival transition shots.
Period detail: Visible clues are limited to analog film texture, dark exposure, warm flame color, and a pink-purple leader frame that supports a late-1970s home-movie source.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged home-movie look, with the camera lingering on flames in darkness rather than documenting a formal event.
What appears in frame: The frames show orange-yellow flames, deep black surroundings, soft focus, film grain, slight exposure bloom, and a pink-purple film leader at the end.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure around bright flames, and color shifts that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a night-fire cutaway, a quiet memory beat, a transition into camping or winter material, or an abstract analog ending.
Historical context: The scene reflects a small fire observed at night in home-movie style, with no visible people, setting details, structures, or public event markers.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1979 8mm fire at night, Ithaca New York home movie fire, vintage campfire footage, and analog film leader.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Ithaca 1979 footage, then 1970s night scenes, campfire imagery, or analog film-leader clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A bright fire burns in darkness in 1979 Ithaca, New York 8mm home-movie footage, with soft focus and visible grain. — Flames flare against a dark night background.

A small cluster of flames glows at night in 1979 Ithaca, New York, framed by deep black space and analog film softness. — Flickering fire appears off to the right in darkness.

Tall orange-yellow flames rise in a dark night scene from 1979 Ithaca, New York 8mm footage, with grain and slight blur. — A brighter flame column rises from the dark fire bed.

Pink-purple analog film leader appears at the end of the 1979 8mm clip, with vertical bands, dust, and scan texture visible. — The clip ends on pink-purple film leader and visible analog marks.

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