Montgomery Minnesota-1963: Handwritten Label on 8mm Film Strip

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Year1963
Decade1960s
LocationMontgomery, Minnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Handwritten Label on 8mm Film Strip — Clip Details

A 1963 8mm home movie from Montgomery, Minnesota, opens with grainy, static-filled frames typical of vintage film. The footage transitions to a handwritten label on a film strip, clearly showing 'Montgomery' and 'Aug. 25, 1963' in blue ink on aged paper. The label exhibits natural film wear, including scratches and dust, capturing the authentic texture of archival Super 8 footage. This raw, unedited clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century personal filmmaking, ideal for historical or documentary projects.

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: 125499149

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: 1963 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: Montgomery, Minnesota, 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 1960s home-movie or archive-film requests needing a dated Montgomery, Minnesota title-card insert or provenance cue.
Period detail: The handwritten paper label reading Montgomery and Aug. 25, 1963 provides the main visible era and place clue, supported by the 8mm source metadata.
Home-movie behavior: No people appear; the value is in the informal maker-applied label that documents a personal film reel before the filmed subject begins.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include aged paper, blue handwriting, date text, black film-strip borders, white lower card area, dust specks, scratches, and soft frame weave.
Film character: The clip has a home-scanned 8mm texture with visible grain, muted color, gate edges, dust, scratches, and slight exposure variation across static frames.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an opening insert, reel-identification cutaway, transition into Minnesota home-movie material, or memory beat for archival process.
Historical context: The frames show a mid-century amateur-film labeling practice, where handwritten notes on paper identify place and date for a personal reel.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright ownership and any linked reel context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1963 8mm home movie label, Montgomery Minnesota archive footage, handwritten film reel title card, and vintage home-movie leader.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Montgomery or Minnesota footage from 1963, then broader home-movie title cards and archival film leader material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grainy 8mm frame with dark vertical borders and muted blank leader-like area before the Montgomery label appears. — Soft, static 8mm leader frame with dark film-strip borders.

Handwritten label for Montgomery, Minnesota, dated Aug. 25, 1963, partly cropped within an 8mm contact-sheet frame. — Partially cropped handwritten Montgomery label with the 1963 date visible.

Centered handwritten Montgomery label dated Aug. 25, 1963 on aged paper, with visible dust and 8mm film borders. — Centered paper label identifying Montgomery and the Aug. 25, 1963 date.

Aged handwritten Montgomery, Minnesota label dated Aug. 25, 1963, shown with scratches, dust, and dark 8mm frame borders. — Handwritten location and date label with visible archive-film wear.

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