Minnesota USA-1961: Two Men Harvesting Pine Tree in Snow

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

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Two Men Harvesting Pine Tree in Snow — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1961: Two men in winter coats and hats work in a snowy field, handling a freshly cut pine tree. One man holds the tree while the other, wearing a white hat and gloves, stands nearby. The scene unfolds under a clear blue sky, with snow-covered ground and distant trees. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, capturing a nostalgic moment of a winter tree harvest. The clip concludes with a title card reading 'TRAIN WRECK DEC. 31 1961'.

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: 125498154

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: Yes
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 home-movie requests needing Minnesota winter, rural outdoor labor, or Christmas-tree cutting as documentary or educational B-roll.
Period detail: The winter clothing, 8mm color look, and end title card reading "TRAIN WRECK DEC. 31 1961" support an early-1960s home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The men appear casually filmed while handling a freshly cut pine, giving the clip an unstaged family or local-observer quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two bundled men, a pine tree, snow-covered ground, distant trees or low hills, blue sky, dark frame edges, and a handwritten-style title card.
Film character: The footage has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, gate edges, handheld framing, and visible grain that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a winter cutaway, holiday tree-harvest insert, rural memory beat, or transition into the dated title-card material.
Historical context: The scene shows everyday winter activity in a snowy Minnesota field without enough visual evidence to identify the people, exact property, or event context.
Research note: People are visible and a title card appears, so likeness, text, and any underlying reel rights should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Minnesota winter home movie, 8mm men cutting pine tree, snowy field tree harvest, and vintage holiday tree footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Minnesota winter footage, then with broader home-movie scenes of tree cutting, snow, and rural outdoor work.

Still Frames From This Clip

Minnesota 1961 home-movie frame showing two men in winter coats handling a pine tree in a snow-covered field. — Two men work around a pine tree in a snowy field.

Minnesota 1961 frame with two men beside a freshly cut pine tree, surrounded by snow and distant winter landscape. — One man steadies the pine while another stands nearby.

Soft 8mm frame from Minnesota in 1961 showing a man bending near a pine tree in snow, with another person partly visible beyond. — A man bends near the pine tree during the snowy outdoor work.

End title card in the 8mm reel reads "TRAIN WRECK DEC. 31 1961" in red letters on a pale background. — A dated title card appears at the end of the clip.

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