New York-1971: Vibrant Red Autumn Leaves and Forested Mountain

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

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Vibrant Red Autumn Leaves and Forested Mountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures vibrant autumn foliage in New York. The first four frames focus on a dense canopy of bright red maple leaves, their rich color saturated with the warm tones of fall. The final frame transitions to a wide view of a forested mountain, its slopes painted in patches of red, orange, and green, with a small building visible in the foreground. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a classic autumn day.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125772902

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: Useful for 1970s New York autumn coverage, especially documentary inserts, seasonal transitions, landscape cutaways, and home-movie memory sequences.
Period detail: The clip may show 1971 amateur 8mm travel or family footage, with saturated fall foliage and a distant rural or mountain-view setting as the main period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer's perspective, lingering on red leaves before shifting to a wider mountain view like a personal record of fall scenery.
What appears in frame: Visible details include red autumn leaves, bare branches, dark frame edges, a wooded mountain slope, pale sky, treetops, and a small foreground building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color saturation, soft focus, film grain, slight motion blur, and handheld framing that give the clip clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a seasonal insert, reflective cutaway, establishing transition, or quiet memory beat between broader 1970s rural New York scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a home-movie view of autumn landscape rather than a documented public event, with emphasis on foliage, terrain, and personal observation.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any visible property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Search matches include 1971 New York autumn foliage 8mm, vintage home movie red leaves, 1970s forested mountain footage, and archival fall landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1971 New York footage, then similar 1970s 8mm autumn foliage, rural landscape, and seasonal travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing dense red autumn leaves and branches with soft focus and dark scan edges. — Dense red autumn foliage fills the frame, with branches and dark film borders visible.

1971 New York 8mm frame with motion-softened red fall leaves, branches, and visible dark film framing. — Red leaves blur slightly across the frame, suggesting handheld movement or wind in the foliage.

1971 New York 8mm frame focused on red autumn leaves and bare branches, with warm color and dark film edges. — A close, saturated view of red fall leaves and branches continues the foliage detail.

1971 New York 8mm frame showing a forested mountain, autumn treetops, pale sky, and a small building in the foreground. — The view opens to a wooded mountain slope with autumn color and a small foreground building.

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