Holland Michigan-1969: The Trees Of Day And Light Spring

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHolland, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Holland Michigan

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The Trees Of Day And Light Spring — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a serene spring landscape in Holland, Michigan. The clip shows a row of blossoming trees under a clear blue sky, filmed from a moving vehicle as the scenery glides past. The footage features natural film grain, a slightly soft focus, and a nostalgic color palette typical of Super 8 home movies. The tranquil scene evokes a sense of peaceful rural life and the quiet beauty of springtime.

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: 125594105

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 1020 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: holland michigan
Date: 1969 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: Holland, Michigan, 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 editorial or documentary requests needing quiet spring landscape footage from Holland, Michigan, filmed from a moving home-movie viewpoint.
Period detail: The frames show rural roadside trees, open grass, soft focus, and 8mm color typical of late-1960s amateur travel or family footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged passenger-window perspective, watching blossoming trees and fields pass by without people, posing, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue sky, blossoming trees, open grass, roadside verge, distant tree line, moving-vehicle blur, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, gate edges, dust specks, and gentle motion blur as part of its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a springtime cutaway, travel transition, rural memory beat, or quiet establishing insert between family or location scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects a midwestern roadside landscape in spring, with flowering trees and open land suggesting ordinary travel observation rather than a staged event.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but copyright and any location-specific property questions still require normal rights review.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1969 Holland Michigan 8mm spring trees, vintage home movie roadside landscape, and blossoming trees from moving car.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1969 Holland, Michigan footage, then broader spring landscape or roadside travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame showing flowering trees beside open grass under a clear blue sky from a moving vehicle. — Flowering roadside trees pass under a clear spring sky.

A late-1960s 8mm view of spring trees in Holland, Michigan, with soft focus and roadside motion through the frame. — A row of flowering trees stretches across the roadside landscape.

Moving 8mm footage shows a soft, blurred Holland, Michigan field with distant trees and a light roadside strip. — The moving camera blurs a field and distant tree line.

A 1969 8mm roadside view in Holland, Michigan with open sky, distant trees, and a darker tree mass passing at frame right. — Roadside trees and open sky slide past the camera.

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