Martinsburg West Virginia-1938: A Snow-Covered Tree In Winter

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationMartinsburg, West Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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A Snow-Covered Tree In Winter — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1938 captures a serene winter landscape. Snow blankets a coniferous tree and surrounding shrubs, with bare trees forming a stark backdrop. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, soft focus, and a monochrome aesthetic, evoking a quiet, nostalgic winter day. A lamppost appears in later frames, suggesting a residential or park setting. The camera remains mostly static, emphasizing the stillness of the snow-covered scene.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127266220

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Martinsburg winter home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts, seasonal transitions, and archival cutaways needing a quiet snow-covered landscape.
Period detail: The monochrome 8mm view may show a residential or park-like winter setting, with heavy snow on conifers, bare deciduous trees, a low wall, and a simple lamppost.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the snowy yard or park scene without staging, preserving a home-movie observer's pause on winter weather and stillness.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snow-laden conifer branches, bare winter trees, a low wall or ledge, shrubs buried in snow, a lamppost, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has the texture of original 8mm film, with monochrome contrast, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-print frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter cutaway, time-of-year insert, quiet transition, or memory beat between domestic or regional 1930s scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a snow-covered outdoor setting in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1938, emphasizing weather, landscape, and everyday visual atmosphere rather than a public event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-rights questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 Martinsburg West Virginia snow footage, 1930s 8mm winter landscape, vintage home movie snowy tree, and archival snow-covered conifer.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other scenes from the same reel, then with Martinsburg or West Virginia footage from 1938, then with broader 1930s winter and snow home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Martinsburg home-movie frame showing a snow-covered conifer in front of bare winter trees and a white snowbank. — A snow-laden conifer stands against bare winter trees.

1938 Martinsburg winter frame with a snow-covered conifer, bare trees, and a smooth snowy bank in monochrome 8mm texture. — The camera holds on a conifer weighed down by snow.

1938 Martinsburg frame showing snow piled on shrubs and conifer branches near a low wall, with a lamppost in the background. — Snow piles on shrubs and conifer branches near a low wall and lamppost.

1938 Martinsburg home-movie frame with snow-covered shrubs and conifers beside a low wall, with a lamppost and bare trees behind. — A lamppost rises behind snow-covered shrubs and conifer branches.

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