Wisconsin-1971: A Cute Tin Man In The Snow

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationWisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Wisconsin

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A Cute Tin Man In The Snow — Clip Details

WISCONSIN-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a striking winter scene in a rural Wisconsin landscape. The first frames show a dark, flowing river winding through snow-covered banks, with large, flat sheets of ice floating on the water's surface. Bare trees line the banks under a pale sky. The scene transitions to a wide shot of a large, metallic tin man sculpture standing in a snowy field, with 'TIN MAN INC' painted in red on its chest. A small building is visible to the left, and a line of bare trees forms the background under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125774830

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1007 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: Wisconsin,Michigan
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: Wisconsin, 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: Useful for 1970s Wisconsin winter coverage, rural establishing shots, or documentary inserts needing real 8mm home-movie views of snow, river ice, and roadside folk sculpture.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1970s rural Wisconsin winter scenery, with a small plain building, open snowy field, and a handmade-looking metal figure marked "TIN MAN INC."
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes simple outdoor sights from a home-movie perspective, lingering on the icy river before cutting to a curious tin man sculpture in snow.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark river water, floating ice sheets, snowy banks, leafless brush and trees, a small building, open field, and a metal tin man figure.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and saturated winter color that gives the clip physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief winter insert, regional cutaway, seasonal transition, or odd roadside-memory beat within a larger archival sequence.
Historical context: The clip documents ordinary winter landscape and vernacular roadside display without visible people, emphasizing weather, rural space, and personal travel observation.
Research note: No people are visible, but the painted "TIN MAN INC" marking and possible business or sculpture identity should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and property context.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 Wisconsin 8mm winter river ice, rural snow home movie, vintage tin man sculpture, and roadside folk art in snow.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel winter shots, then other Wisconsin 1971 material, then broader rural snow, river ice, or roadside folk-art clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Wisconsin 8mm frame of a winter river bordered by snow, floating ice sheets, bare brush, and trees. — A dark river winds through snowy banks with flat ice sheets floating on the surface.

A rural Wisconsin winter river view shows dark current, white ice floes, snowy edges, and leafless trees in 1971 home-movie footage. — Floating ice and snowbanks frame a quiet winter river lined by bare brush.

1971 Wisconsin home-movie frame with a closer look at white ice sheets drifting or resting on a dark winter river. — Large white ice sheets sit on the dark water between snow-covered riverbanks.

A 1971 Wisconsin winter frame shows a metal tin man figure marked "TIN MAN INC" standing in snow near a small building and bare trees. — A gray tin man sculpture with red lettering stands in a snowy rural field.

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