Chicago Illinois-1968: Sunset And Frozen Waterfall In Winter

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Sunset And Frozen Waterfall In Winter — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic sunset with fiery orange and red clouds against a deep purple sky, silhouetted by bare tree branches. The scene transitions to a frozen waterfall in winter, its icy cascade glowing under a cool blue tint, with snow-covered ground and leafless trees framing the view. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural film artifacts, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of a personal winter memory.

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: 125593756

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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date: 1968 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: Chicago, Illinois, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Chicago-area archival requests needing winter nature atmosphere, sunset color, or a brief home-movie transition for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits.
Period detail: The footage shows 8mm home-movie color, winter trees, snow, and a frozen waterfall; the 1968 Chicago, Illinois setting is supported by supplied metadata rather than a visible landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged personal observation, moving from a household-scale sunset view to a quiet winter landscape without performers or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include fiery clouds, deep blue-purple sky, bare tree branches, snow, icicles, a frozen waterfall, dark vertical foreground edges, and winter brush.
Film character: The scan carries strong 8mm texture, saturated color shifts, soft focus, gate edges, and exposure variation that preserve the feel of original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a seasonal insert, memory beat, atmospheric transition, or visual contrast between warm sunset color and cold winter ice.
Historical context: The frames show a mid-century home-movie view of winter scenery, with nature and weather taking priority over identifiable urban details or public activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-based permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 8mm Chicago winter footage, frozen waterfall home movie, vintage sunset trees, Super 8 winter nature, and archival snow and ice cutaways.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel winter or sunset scenes, then with 1968 Chicago material, and then with broader vintage home-movie nature, snow, ice, or seasonal transition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 8mm home-movie frame from Chicago metadata showing orange-red sunset clouds, purple-blue sky, and silhouetted winter branches. — Bare branches and dark foreground edges frame a vivid winter sunset.

Chicago, Illinois home-movie frame from 1968 metadata showing saturated sunset color through leafless trees and dark vertical frame edges. — A saturated orange sunset glows behind leafless winter trees.

1968 Chicago-area winter frame showing a frozen waterfall, snow-covered ground, leafless trees, and cool blue 8mm color shift. — A frozen waterfall and snow-covered brush appear in cool blue light.

Chicago metadata places this 1968 8mm frame at a winter waterfall, with hanging ice, snow, bare branches, and saturated blue film color. — Hanging ice and snow frame the frozen waterfall in a winter landscape.

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