Minnesota USA-1961: Two People Cutting Christmas Tree In Snowy Field

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Two People Cutting Christmas Tree In Snowy Field — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a snowy winter day as two people select and cut a Christmas tree in a rural field. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows individuals in heavy winter coats and hats working together in the snow under a clear blue sky. The scene is framed by the film's characteristic grain and warm color tones, with a title card dated December 10, 1961, confirming the holiday tradition. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American holiday customs.

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: 125498147

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s American holiday, rural winter, and family tradition sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage from Minnesota.
Period detail: The dated title card, winter clothing, snowy field, and 8mm color rendering support an early-1960s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of two bundled people working together to choose or cut a Christmas tree in snow.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dated title card, red date lettering, snowy rural field, evergreen tree, two adults in winter coats, hats, and distant low buildings.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, saturated blue snow shadows, warm title-card tones, and handheld home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a holiday memory beat, winter cutaway, family-tradition insert, or transition into Christmas preparation scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a domestic holiday custom in a rural snowy setting without identifying the people or exact property shown.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or clear private property are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from appearance rights.
Research search match: Search matches include 1961 Minnesota Christmas tree cutting, 1960s rural winter home movie, and 8mm holiday tradition footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Minnesota 1961 winter scenes, then broader 1960s Christmas and family holiday footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Minnesota 1961 home-movie title card with red Dec. 10, 1961 lettering and a small snowy scene above it. — Title card dates the Christmas tree outing to Dec. 10, 1961.

Dated 1961 title card on 8mm film, showing red date text and a small snowy outdoor photograph or frame. — The dated card repeats the December 10, 1961 setting.

In a snowy Minnesota field, two people in winter coats work beside an evergreen tree during a 1961 holiday outing. — Two adults gather around an evergreen in the snow.

Two bundled adults work near a Christmas tree in a snow-covered Minnesota field, with distant structures on the horizon. — The pair continue working around the tree in the snowy field.

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