New York City-1970: View Of Yellow Star On Top Of Christmas Tree At Rockefeller

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1970 New York City

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View Of Yellow Star On Top Of Christmas Tree At Rockefeller — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm film clip from 1970 captures the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York City. The sequence shows the tree's illuminated branches and a glowing yellow star at its peak, framed against a dark building facade and a pale sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and subtle camera movement, offering a nostalgic glimpse of holiday tradition in mid-century Manhattan. The final frame reveals a golden statue in the foreground, likely part of the surrounding plaza's art installations, with blurred holiday lights in the background. This authentic home movie footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects about 1970s Americana.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 125580823

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: 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 1013 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: bronx zoo,winter,spring
Reel-level year note: 1970-1971
Reel-level location note: new york
Date: 1970 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: New York City, New York, 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: 1970s New York City holiday home-movie footage useful for documentary inserts, seasonal history segments, and archival cutaways around Rockefeller Center traditions.
Period detail: The illuminated Christmas tree, large star topper, dark modern facade, and plaza sculpture support a 1970 Rockefeller Center holiday setting as described in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the tree topper and plaza view with slight reframing rather than staged or professional coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the lit Christmas tree, yellow star topper, dark building facade, pale winter sky, vertical obstruction, holiday lights, and a golden plaza statue.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, warm color response, soft contrast, slight underexposure in the shadows, and handheld framing typical of home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a holiday establishing insert, nostalgic transition, or brief memory beat within a New York City or 1970s seasonal sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows public holiday display viewing at Rockefeller Center, reflecting a visitor's visual record of a well-known urban seasonal setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are apparent, but landmark, artwork, and property context may still require separate rights review for some uses.
Research search match: Search match for 1970 8mm Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, New York City holiday home movie, yellow star tree topper, and vintage Manhattan Christmas footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1970 New York City footage, then broader vintage holiday, Christmas tree, and public plaza material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1970 New York City home-movie frame showing the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and star topper against a shadowed building. — Christmas tree and star topper framed against the Rockefeller Center facade.

1970 Rockefeller Center holiday view with the tree's glowing star and lights partly framed by a dark vertical foreground shape. — Star-topped Christmas tree partly obscured by a dark foreground edge.

Close 1970 New York City home-movie view of the illuminated star topping the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. — Close framing emphasizes the glowing star above the Christmas tree.

1970 Rockefeller Center plaza frame showing a golden statue in the foreground with holiday lights and tree decorations behind it. — Golden plaza statue appears below the holiday tree decorations and lights.

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