Madison Wisconsin-1966: A Snow-Covered Yard With 4.8 Inches of Snow on March 28

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 Madison Wisconsin

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A Snow-Covered Yard With 4 — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Madison, Wisconsin, in 1966, opens with a title card reading '4.8 IN. MISERY MAR. 28 1966' alongside a red flower. The scene transitions to a snow-covered evergreen tree in a residential yard, with snow blanketing the ground and surrounding trees. The footage captures a quiet winter day with soft, diffused light and the characteristic grain of 8mm film, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a heavy snowfall.

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: 125593486

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: 1966 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: Madison, Wisconsin, 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 requests needing 1960s Midwest home-movie footage of late-season snow, residential winter weather, or a dated amateur snowfall insert for documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The hand-made title card dated Mar. 28, 1966 and the 8mm color film look support the stated 1960s Madison, Wisconsin context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged household record-keeping quality, first documenting the snowfall total on a title card and then looking out at a snow-covered yard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a letter-board title card, white raised letters, a red flower decoration, heavy snow on an evergreen, bare trees, a yard, and distant houses or structures.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, and uneven exposure give the short scene a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a dated weather insert, seasonal transition, winter memory beat, or cutaway establishing an unusually snowy March day.
Historical context: The footage records a domestic view of late-March snow in Madison without showing people, traffic, public landmarks, or identifiable civic events.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or indicated, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1966 Madison Wisconsin snow, 8mm home movie snowfall, late March winter yard, vintage Midwest weather footage, or dated title card snow may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1966 Madison or Wisconsin home movies, and then with broader 1960s snow, winter yard, or amateur weather footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1966 Madison home-movie title card reading 4.8 IN. MISERY MAR. 28 1966, with a red flower at the right edge. — Dated title card records 4.8 inches of snow on March 28, 1966.

Close view of the dated 1966 title card for 4.8 inches of snow, framed with a red flower along the right side. — The title card remains on screen before the yard view begins.

Reframed 8mm view of the March 28, 1966 snow title card, with the red flower decoration partly cropped at the right. — A slightly shifted title-card frame preserves the handwritten weather note.

Snow blankets an evergreen and surrounding yard in Madison, Wisconsin, in a 1966 8mm home-movie view after the title card. — A residential yard is covered in snow, with an evergreen heavily loaded with accumulation.

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