Sioux Falls South Dakota-1960: Winter Christmas Tree Is On Fire At Night Time

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationSioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Sioux Falls South Dakota

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Winter Christmas Tree Is On Fire At Night Time — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1960 captures a dramatic nighttime scene of a Christmas tree engulfed in flames. The clip opens with a brightly lit evergreen adorned with colorful lights, suddenly consumed by a large fire on its left side, casting an intense yellow glow. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows the fire spreading rapidly through the branches. The final frames transition to a dark, blue-lit scene with scattered light reflections, possibly from the aftermath or a different location, all exhibiting the characteristic grain and color shifts of 1960s home movie film. This archival footage is ideal 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: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125306568

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: 1960 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: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 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: Useful for requests needing 1960s 8mm home-movie footage of a nighttime winter Christmas tree fire for documentary, education, or editorial inserts.
Period detail: The frames show color home-movie stock, Christmas tree lights, and heavy low-light exposure that fit the supplied 1960 Sioux Falls metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera records the event from a close, informal viewpoint, preserving an unstaged household or neighborhood reaction shot without visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lit evergreen, bright flames, yellow fire glow, dark night background, blue-tinted low-light frames, reflected points of light, and film edge artifacts.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, saturated color shifts, blown highlights, dark underexposure, and brief handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief dramatic insert, holiday-memory contrast, fire-safety cutaway, or transition from warm Christmas imagery to a darker aftermath beat.
Historical context: The footage visually connects domestic Christmas decoration with nighttime fire risk, while the frames do not show people, emergency response, or a specific public landmark.
Research note: No faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960s 8mm Christmas tree fire at night, Sioux Falls winter home movie footage, vintage holiday fire footage, and color home-movie disaster insert.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other 1960 Sioux Falls winter material, then broader vintage Christmas, night fire, or home-safety footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Sioux Falls 8mm frame showing a Christmas evergreen at night as intense flames flare along the left edge. — A decorated evergreen is partly engulfed by bright fire at night.

Abstract low-light 8mm frame from the Sioux Falls clip, with blue cast, yellow flare, and small bright reflections after the fire view. — The scene shifts into a blue-tinted, indistinct low-light view.

Dark 8mm frame with deep blue exposure, scattered reflections, and an indistinct rounded form, likely recorded in very low light. — Blue reflections and shadowed shapes dominate the low-light frame.

Final low-light 8mm frame showing blue cast, bright reflected spots, and an indistinct rounded shadow against a dark field. — The final frame holds on a dark, blue-lit view with small reflections.

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