New York-1971: Beautiful Trees Are Gifts From God To The Universe

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

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Beautiful Trees Are Gifts From God To The Universe — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a vibrant autumn forest in New York. The footage shows a brilliant canopy of trees with leaves in rich reds, oranges, and yellows against a clear blue sky, interspersed with evergreen pines. The camera remains steady, offering a serene view of nature's seasonal transformation. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 footage from the era, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and timeless beauty. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or any project seeking authentic 1970s Americana scenery.

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: 125772681

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: 1971 New York 8mm autumn tree footage suited to documentary cutaways, seasonal inserts, memory sequences, or editorial references to American landscapes of the early 1970s.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly film-era texture, saturated autumn color, and a static home-movie view rather than identifiable architecture, clothing, vehicles, or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, with the camera held on treetops and sky as a quiet personal record of fall color.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red and orange deciduous trees, yellow-green foliage, dark evergreen pines, clear blue sky, faint utility lines, and black film gate edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, mild softness, saturated reds, slight exposure variation, and dark frame edges that preserve the physical-film character of the scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a seasonal cutaway, reflective transition, nature insert, or brief memory beat between scenes with a 1970s home-movie tone.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary outdoor observation in New York in 1971, showing autumn foliage through a noncommercial home-movie perspective.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright and any location-based permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 New York autumn trees, 8mm fall foliage, vintage home movie nature, red leaves blue sky, and 1970s American landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1971 New York outdoor scenes, and then broader 8mm autumn foliage or seasonal nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing colorful autumn treetops, evergreen pines, blue sky, and visible film gate edges. — Autumn foliage and evergreens fill the frame beneath a clear blue sky.

1971 New York 8mm frame with a red autumn tree, surrounding evergreen pines, mixed foliage, and blue sky. — A red-leaved tree stands among evergreens and mixed fall foliage.

1971 New York 8mm frame showing red-orange foliage, green shrubs or trees, evergreen pines, and clear sky. — Red-orange leaves rise above green foliage in a quiet fall landscape.

1971 New York 8mm frame of a red autumn tree surrounded by mixed foliage, evergreen pines, blue sky, and dark film borders. — A red autumn canopy dominates the frame with pines and blue sky behind it.

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