Minnesota USA-1961: Blooming Yellow Flower And Wrecked Red Car On First Snow Day

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

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Blooming Yellow Flower And Wrecked Red Car On First Snow Day — Clip Details

MINNESOTA USA-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a striking contrast between nature and decay. The clip opens on a wrecked red car with a crushed roof, its paint faded under a cloudy sky. A close-up reveals a delicate yellow flower blooming through snow-covered ground, its vibrant color standing out against the cold, muted tones. The footage, shot on 8mm film, shows natural grain and a slightly faded color palette characteristic of the early 1960s. A title card confirms the date as September 30, 1961, marking the first snowfall. This archival footage offers a poignant, nostalgic glimpse into a winter day in Minnesota, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125498260

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: Supports requests for early 1960s Minnesota home-movie footage showing first snow, a damaged car, and a resilient flower as documentary or editorial cutaways.
Period detail: The handwritten title card supports September 30, 1961, while the red car body, color 8mm stock, and domestic outdoor setting fit a mid-century home-movie record.
Home-movie behavior: The camerawork lingers on ordinary details with a personal eye, treating a wrecked car, a dated title card, and flowers in snow as family-reel observations.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a crushed red car, snow on the ground, a dated title card, dark film edges, yellow flowers, garden stems, and patchy first snowfall.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, warm color fade, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of the scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, memory beat, seasonal transition, or contrast cutaway between domestic accident aftermath and fragile nature in snow.
Historical context: The footage records a local first-snow moment through domestic home-movie imagery rather than a public event, with emphasis on weather, objects, and seasonal change.
Research note: People are flagged visible, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, title-card text, vehicle identification, and any property context should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Minnesota 8mm first snow, vintage home movie wrecked car, yellow flower in snow, and early 1960s family reel weather footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Minnesota 1961 material, then related themes of first snowfall, damaged vehicles, flowers, and seasonal change.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame showing a wrecked red car with a crushed roof beside snow-covered ground. — A damaged red car sits in snow at the start of the clip.

Handmade title card records first snow on September 30, 1961, with small winter illustrations and red lettering. — A title card dates the first snow to September 30, 1961.

Underexposed 8mm frame with only faint red title-card lettering and dark film borders visible. — A dim transitional frame leaves the title-card lettering barely visible.

Close 1961 Minnesota home-movie view of yellow flowers blooming through patchy first snow among dark stems. — Yellow flowers stand out against the first snow.

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