Hamel Minnesota-1966: Turquoise Car Parked In Tall Grass With Man Walking

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationHamel, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Hamel Minnesota

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Turquoise Car Parked In Tall Grass With Man Walking — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1966, this vintage home movie captures a turquoise classic American sedan parked in a field of tall, sunlit grass near Hamel, Minnesota. A man in a light-colored shirt and jeans walks through the overgrown field, holding an object, with a metal utility tower visible in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the warm color palette typical of 1960s Super 8 home movies, evoking a nostalgic, rural Americana atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125316583

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 1027 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: fall coloring,duluth and sauke centre, near hamel schiebe tree, threshing bee, dresser wis,fall
Reel-level year note: 1966
Reel-level location note: duluth,sauke center,minnesota
Date: 1966 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: Hamel, Minnesota, 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 rural Minnesota or Americana productions needing a brief home-movie view of a parked classic sedan and a man crossing tall grass.
Period detail: The turquoise sedan, casual clothing, 8mm color stock, and open grassy setting support a mid-1960s rural or small-town period impression.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged home-movie value in the quiet action of a man walking through an overgrown field near a parked car.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a turquoise sedan, tall sunlit grass, a man in a light shirt and jeans, trees, a metal utility tower, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The scan shows saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, handheld framing, slight motion blur, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural transition, car cutaway, memory beat, or brief insert for mid-century everyday life outside town.
Historical context: The scene suggests informal outdoor use of a grassy field near Hamel, with a parked sedan and utility structure rather than a staged public event.
Research note: A visible adult may require likeness review, and vehicle design identification should be checked separately from copyright status and location rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1966 Hamel Minnesota home movie, 1960s turquoise sedan in field, rural 8mm car footage, and man walking through tall grass.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Hamel or 1966 Minnesota footage, then rural car and tall-grass home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 8mm frame from Hamel, Minnesota, showing a man in a light shirt and jeans walking through tall grass near a metal utility tower. — A man crosses an overgrown field with a metal tower and tree line in the background.

1966 Hamel, Minnesota home-movie frame showing a turquoise American sedan parked in tall grass under bright daylight. — A turquoise sedan sits partly hidden by tall grass near a wooded edge.

8mm frame from Hamel, Minnesota in 1966 showing the side of a turquoise sedan surrounded by high grass and trees. — The parked sedan is seen in profile with grass rising around the lower body.

1966 rural Hamel, Minnesota frame showing a turquoise sedan parked in tall grass, framed by soft 8mm color and dark edges. — A stationary turquoise car remains framed against grass and trees at the end of the clip.

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