Vermont-1971: The Colors Of The Changing Leaves In The Trees During The Fall

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationVermont, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

The Colors Of The Changing Leaves In The Trees During... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a scenic autumn drive through Vermont. The camera, likely mounted in a moving vehicle, glides along a winding road bordered by a vibrant forest ablaze with fall colors—rich oranges, yellows, and reds intermingled with evergreen trees. A red car appears in the distance, navigating the curve under a cloudy sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies, evoking a nostalgic, documentary-style view of rural Americana.

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: 125773565

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: Vermont, 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

leaves
changing
nature
outdoors
plants
colors
trees
fall
vermont
1971
1971 fall foliage
Vermont autumn drive
vintage 8mm film
Super 8 home movie
fall colors
road trip 1971
autumn forest
retro travel footage
classic Americana
nostalgic road trip
8mm home movie
vintage documentary
fall season
nature scenery
rural Vermont
old film footage
autumn leaves
1970s home movie
scenic drive
archival footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Vermont autumn travel, rural road, foliage, and home-movie atmosphere in documentary, museum, education, or memory-sequence edits.
Period detail: The frames may show an early 1970s rural paved road with simple roadside posts, painted center lines, a curve warning sign, and a small car seen at distance.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a passenger or roadside home-movie view, lingering on fall color and a passing car rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winding two-lane road, autumn forested hills, evergreen trees, a yellow curve sign, white roadside posts, cloudy sky, and a distant red car.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight blur, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film texture from an amateur travel record.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, scenic transition, seasonal cutaway, or quiet memory beat for rural New England or autumn travel.
Historical context: The footage documents a roadside view of Vermont fall foliage and automobile travel without visible people, businesses, landmarks, or identifiable private interiors.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1971 8mm Vermont fall foliage, vintage autumn road footage, rural New England home movie, or scenic leaf-change driving shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Vermont 1971 travel material, and then with broader autumn foliage, rural road, or home-movie landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Vermont home-movie frame of a curving two-lane road through fall foliage, with a small red car far ahead. — A rural road curves through Vermont fall foliage as a red car appears in the distance.

1971 Vermont roadside view of a paved curve, fall-colored woods, and a small car partly visible near the bend. — A small car moves through a bend in the road below wooded autumn hills.

1971 Vermont home-movie frame showing a quiet paved road below dense autumn trees and visible 8mm frame edges. — The road drops toward a bend beneath dense orange, yellow, and green foliage.

1971 Vermont foliage view with dense hillside trees in orange, yellow, green, and muted brown tones. — A wooded Vermont hillside fills the frame with mixed fall colors.

Visually Similar Clips