New York-1971: Forest Canopy in Red and Yellow Foliage

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

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Forest Canopy in Red and Yellow Foliage — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant autumn forest in New York. The camera pans across a dense canopy of trees ablaze with rich red and golden-yellow foliage, their leaves glowing in natural sunlight. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a dark frame border suggesting a window view. The scene evokes a peaceful, nostalgic mood, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about 1970s Americana.

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: 125772400

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: 1971 New York 8mm autumn foliage footage for documentary, education, editorial, or commercial projects needing a quiet seasonal landscape insert from the early 1970s.
Period detail: The frames may show early 1970s home-movie color rendering and 8mm framing, with no visible signs, people, vehicles, or landmarks to narrow the New York setting further.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on bright fall trees as a personal record of seasonal color rather than a formal scenic survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and yellow tree canopies, dark trunks, blue sky glimpses, sunlight on leaves, black film borders, and a partial structure near the lower edge.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, saturated reds and yellows, soft focus, slight handheld framing, and dark gate edges that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a seasonal cutaway, memory beat, transition into autumn, or brief establishing insert for New York or 1970s Americana contexts.
Historical context: The clip documents how a home-movie camera recorded fall foliage as everyday visual memory, without identifiable public events or named locations in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location, and any property implications should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 New York autumn trees, 8mm fall foliage, vintage home movie forest, red yellow leaves, and 1970s seasonal landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1971 New York material, and then with broader fall foliage or vintage nature home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing red and yellow fall foliage, tree trunks, and blue sky glimpses within dark film gate edges. — Red and yellow autumn canopy fills the frame, bordered by dark 8mm film edges.

1971 New York 8mm view of dense red autumn leaves, yellow foliage to the left, and dark vertical gate borders. — A dense red canopy with yellow side foliage appears in saturated 8mm color.

1971 New York 8mm frame with red autumn branches, dark trunks, sunlight on leaves, and a partial structure at the lower edge. — Closer foliage view shows layered red leaves, tree trunks, and a partial structure below.

1971 New York 8mm frame showing red and yellow fall foliage, bare branches, tree trunks, and a partial structure near the lower edge. — Red and yellow leaves frame trunks and a partial structure in a brief autumn view.

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