Holland Michigan-1969: Fire-Scarred Hillside in Forest

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

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Fire-Scarred Hillside in Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a haunting landscape in Holland, Michigan. A hillside is heavily scarred by fire, its slopes covered in blackened earth and ash, contrasting with the surrounding green forest. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8, shows the aftermath of a wildfire, with charred trees and scorched terrain under a pale sky. The camera remains steady, offering a somber view of nature's resilience and destruction. This archival clip evokes a sense of historical loss and environmental change, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 125594767

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1969 8mm home-movie footage for archival requests needing a brief environmental cutaway of fire-scarred woodland near Holland, Michigan.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s home-movie framing and exposure, with no visible signs, vehicles, buildings, or clothing to date the scene beyond the supplied 1969 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The steady outdoor viewpoint gives the scene the observational feel of a traveler or local resident recording a damaged hillside rather than a staged production setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale sand or exposed soil, blackened slopes, low green tree cover, dark foreground trees, a pale sky, and occasional film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and dark rounded frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber insert, environmental transition, or memory beat showing a burned landscape within a forested Michigan setting.
Historical context: The clip visually documents scorched terrain beside surviving vegetation, supporting general themes of landscape damage, recovery, and local environmental memory.
Research note: Copyright, likeness, and property status should be checked separately; a possible indistinct person appears at the lower frame edge, but no logos or clear private property are visible.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1969 8mm Holland Michigan burned hill, home movie forest fire aftermath, blackened hillside footage, and vintage scorched landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Holland, Michigan or 1969 regional footage, and then with other forest fire aftermath or damaged landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm view of a blackened sandy hillside rising behind dark foreground trees and surviving green woods. — A burned hillside contrasts with green tree cover above and dark trees in the foreground.

1969 Holland, Michigan home-movie frame showing exposed pale soil and blackened ground below a green wooded ridge. — The camera holds on a fire-darkened slope beneath a band of green woodland.

1969 Holland, Michigan 8mm frame with a wider view of blackened low hills, pale sandy patches, and dark foreground woods. — A broader view shows burned low hills and pale exposed earth beyond the foreground trees.

1969 Holland, Michigan home-movie view of scorched low hills and forest, with a small indistinct person partially visible at the lower edge. — The final frame keeps the burned landscape in view while an indistinct person enters the lower edge.

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