New York-1971: Small Plane Flying Over Autumn Forest

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 New York

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Small Plane Flying Over Autumn Forest — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a small plane flying over a wooded landscape under a cloudy sky. The footage begins with the aircraft in flight, then transitions to a view of tall evergreen and deciduous trees, culminating in a vibrant autumn forest with red, yellow, and green foliage. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage, evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century Americana feel. This archival clip offers authentic period atmosphere for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125772323

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
Date: 1971 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: New York, 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: Useful for 1970s New York home-movie requests needing a brief rural aviation or autumn landscape cutaway with authentic 8mm texture.
Period detail: The metadata supports 1971 New York, while the frames show a small light aircraft, cloudy sky, evergreens, and deciduous trees in fall color.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing a passing plane and nearby autumn woods without people or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small aircraft, cloudy sky, dark window or frame edges, evergreen trees, deciduous forest, red foliage, yellow leaves, and soft distant hills.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm softness, visible grain, muted exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, seasonal transition, rural cutaway, or memory beat between travel or landscape scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents a quiet wooded New York setting in 1971, with small-plane flight and autumn foliage as everyday landscape context rather than a known event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 New York 8mm small plane, autumn forest home movie, vintage rural aviation cutaway, and Super 8 fall foliage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1971 New York scenes, then broader home-movie clips of small aircraft, wooded landscapes, or autumn foliage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small light aircraft crosses a cloudy sky over trees in 1971 New York 8mm home-movie footage. — A small plane passes above distant trees beneath an overcast sky.

Evergreen and deciduous trees stand under a cloudy sky in 1971 New York home-movie footage. — Trees fill the frame after the aircraft shot, with cloudy sky above.

Colorful autumn trees in red, yellow, and green fill the 1971 New York 8mm frame. — A wooded hillside shows bright fall foliage in red, yellow, and green.

Fall foliage and evergreen trees appear in a soft 1971 New York 8mm landscape frame. — The clip ends on dense autumn foliage beside a tall evergreen.

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