New York-1971: Leaves Turning Red And Yellow

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

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Leaves Turning Red And Yellow — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant autumn forest scene in New York. Sunlight filters through the canopy, highlighting trees with leaves transitioning from green to brilliant red and golden yellow. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of nature's seasonal change. The camera remains steady, focusing on the rich, warm hues of fall foliage against a clear blue sky. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring 1970s Americana and natural beauty.

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: 125772648

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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: 1970s New York 8mm autumn foliage footage suited for documentary inserts, seasonal transitions, education projects, or nostalgic nature cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1971 home-movie view of deciduous trees in New York, with no visible landmarks, people, vehicles, signage, or built environment to further identify the setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the quiet observational quality of a home-movie camera lingering on fall color rather than staged action or a narrated event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and yellow leaves, green surrounding trees, blue sky, sunlit canopy, dark frame edges, and dense woodland foliage.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, mild gate edges, and steady framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief seasonal cutaway, memory beat, nature insert, or transition into material about autumn, New York, or 1970s home life.
Historical context: The footage offers a non-urban visual context for New York in the early 1970s, emphasizing seasonal landscape rather than identifiable social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be verified.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 New York autumn foliage 8mm, vintage home movie fall leaves, red yellow leaves Super 8, and 1970s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1971 New York material, and then with broader autumn foliage or vintage nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame of red-orange fall foliage among green trees, seen through dark frame edges. — Red-orange leaves fill the center of a sunlit autumn canopy.

1971 New York 8mm view of red and green tree canopy with sunlight and blue sky visible above. — A red-leaved tree stands out against green foliage and small patches of sky.

1971 New York 8mm frame showing mixed green, yellow, and reddish fall trees under blue sky. — Mixed autumn colors rise above darker lower foliage in a wooded setting.

1971 New York 8mm view of layered green, yellow, and reddish trees in an autumn woodland. — Layered trees show green, yellow, and reddish foliage near the end of the clip.

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