Vermont-1971: Winding Road Through Autumn Foliage And Distant Lake

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationVermont, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Winding Road Through Autumn Foliage And Distant Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping autumn landscape in Vermont. The footage reveals a winding country road cutting through dense forests ablaze with fall colors—vibrant oranges, reds, and yellows contrast with lingering green trees. A distant lake or river glimmers under a hazy sky, viewed from an elevated perspective. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a dark frame border suggesting it was shot through a window. This nostalgic clip offers authentic archival footage of rural New England 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: 125773588

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Vermont 8mm scenery useful for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing rural New England autumn landscape footage.
Period detail: The frames show a 1971 home-movie view of wooded hills, a winding rural road, and distant water, with era clues mainly from the 8mm color film stock and metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of an unstaged traveler or family viewpoint, looking out from an elevated roadside or window toward a broad fall landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include autumn forest, a curving country road, rolling hills, distant lake or river water, hazy sky, frame borders, and soft 8mm color.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight softness, color fading, visible gate borders, and uneven exposure that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, reflective transition, regional cutaway, or memory beat for travel, landscape, or New England material.
Historical context: The view documents a rural Vermont autumn landscape as seen in home-movie form, emphasizing seasonal foliage and open countryside rather than a specific landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable property identifiers are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property considerations separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Vermont 8mm autumn foliage, rural New England road, distant lake landscape, and vintage home movie travel view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Vermont or 1971 material, then broader rural autumn landscape and home-movie travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Vermont 8mm frame showing a curving country road, fall-colored forest, distant water, and hazy hills beyond a dark film border. — A winding road cuts through autumn woods toward distant water and hills.

1971 Vermont home-movie view from above a wooded valley, with a curving road below and pale water visible under a hazy sky. — The road bends through a wooded valley below distant water.

Soft 1971 Vermont 8mm frame with a road bend at lower left, dense fall woods, reflective water below, and distant hills. — Autumn woods surround a road bend and reflective water in the valley.

1971 Vermont 8mm frame showing dense orange, green, and yellow foliage on a hillside, with a narrow roadway or rail line near the top. — Dense autumn foliage fills the hillside beneath a narrow line near the ridge.

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