Madison Wisconsin-1966: Boy Holding Snowball in Snowy Yard

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

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Boy Holding Snowball in Snowy Yard — Clip Details

A young boy in a red jacket stands in a snowy yard, holding a snowball. Snow-covered evergreen bushes and a stone wall frame the scene. The footage, shot on 8mm film in 1966, captures a quiet winter day in Madison, Wisconsin, with natural light and visible film grain. The boy's breath is visible in the cold air as he prepares to throw the snowball. This vintage home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into a classic American winter.

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: 125593500

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s home-movie winter cutaways showing heavy snow on residential landscaping in Wisconsin, especially as an insert for seasonal or regional atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage shows a snow-laden evergreen near a masonry wall, while the title card appears to read Eau Claire and Cadott, Wis., Mar. 30, 1969, which conflicts with the supplied Madison 1966 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is observational rather than staged, with the camera lingering on accumulated snow and a handwritten home-movie place-and-date card.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include deep snow, drooping evergreen branches, a stone or block wall, dark film borders, a doorway or trim edge, and a handwritten purple title card.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, rounded frame edges, and contact-sheet evidence of physical film handling.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a winter establishing insert, a quiet seasonal transition, or a memory beat before or after family footage from the same reel.
Historical context: The scene reflects a private home-movie record of late-winter snow around a residence, with regional identification suggested by the handwritten card rather than landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are visible here, but the residential exterior and conflicting date-location information should be reviewed before publication claims.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Wisconsin winter home movie, 8mm snow-covered evergreen, late March snow footage, and Eau Claire Cadott title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified Wisconsin 1960s winter footage, then with broader home-movie snow and residential exterior themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Heavy snow blankets evergreen branches near a masonry wall in archival 8mm winter footage from the supplied Wisconsin reel. — Snow weighs down evergreen branches beside a wall.

A close view of snow-laden evergreen shrubs against a masonry wall, with soft color and visible 8mm film texture. — A snow-loaded shrub fills the winter frame.

Snow-covered evergreen branches sag near a residential wall in quiet Wisconsin winter home-movie footage. — Evergreen branches sag under accumulated snow.

Purple handwritten title card appears to read Eau Claire and Cadott, Wis., Mar. 30, 1969, providing reel context that differs from supplied clip metadata. — A handwritten title card identifies Eau Claire and Cadott, Wisconsin, with a March 30, 1969 date.

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