West Virginia-1964: Overhead View Of Forested Hill With Autumn Colors

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Overhead View Of Forested Hill With Autumn Colors — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures an overhead view of a dense forested hillside in West Virginia. The footage shows a lush green canopy with early autumn colors emerging—patches of yellow and red foliage stand out against the dominant greens. The image has the characteristic grain and color saturation of Super 8 film, with dark vertical borders framing the scene. The camera appears to pan slowly across the treetops, offering a nostalgic glimpse of rural nature from a classic era of home filmmaking.

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: 125500860

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: 1964 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: West Virginia, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing archival home-movie views of Appalachian forest canopy and early autumn color.
Period detail: The 8mm look, saturated color, and scan borders support a mid-1960s home-movie origin, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to date the scene independently.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an amateur travel or family-observation perspective, lingering on treetops from an elevated vantage without staged action or narration visible.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include wooded hillsides, dense green canopy, yellow and red foliage patches, uneven treetop textures, dark film borders, and soft outdoor light.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, and handheld or gently panning movement as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, seasonal transition, regional establishing insert, or reflective memory beat in a rural West Virginia sequence.
Historical context: The frames document a quiet forest landscape with early fall color, offering visual context for rural Appalachian scenery without showing identifiable people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location-specific use concerns for their production.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1964 West Virginia 8mm forest footage, vintage Appalachian hillside, autumn treetops, rural nature home movie, and archival landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 West Virginia material, then broader vintage 8mm nature and autumn landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 West Virginia 8mm frame showing an elevated view of a wooded hillside with green treetops and scattered warm fall tones. — Elevated view across a wooded hillside with early autumn color beginning to show.

1964 West Virginia 8mm frame of a forested slope, viewed from above, with dense green trees and small areas of yellow-orange foliage. — Dense hillside forest with scattered autumn color among the green canopy.

1964 West Virginia 8mm frame showing a closer overhead view of treetops, including bright green foliage with red and yellow autumn accents. — Closer view of treetops with red and yellow foliage standing out from the green canopy.

1964 West Virginia 8mm frame of an overhead forest canopy, with bright green treetops and a red autumn patch near the center. — Bright green forest canopy seen from above, marked by a small red autumn patch.

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