Martinsburg West Virginia-1938: Pine Tree Outside Covered In Snow And The Snowy

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

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Pine Tree Outside Covered In Snow And The Snowy — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1938, showing a snow-covered evergreen tree in a quiet winter landscape. The black-and-white footage captures the stillness of a snowy day, with heavy snow blanketing the tree and surrounding ground. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of early 20th-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a cold, peaceful winter scene. The camera remains steady, focusing on the tree as the central subject, with a blurred forest background enhancing the sense of isolation and calm. This archival footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or winter-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127266543

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 West Virginia 8mm winter cutaway for productions needing quiet rural snow, evergreen trees, or seasonal atmosphere from home-movie material.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm look and simple outdoor framing support the supplied 1938 date, while the visible scene itself shows a snowy evergreen and wooded background without specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on a snow-laden tree from a domestic or casual outdoor viewpoint, preserving an unstaged winter observation rather than a planned scenic sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-covered evergreen, white ground cover, distant shrubs or trees, soft wooded background, dark frame edges, and contact-print borders.
Film character: The clip has dense black-and-white grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and steady home-movie framing that give the snow scene tactile 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a winter insert, seasonal transition, rural establishing cutaway, or reflective memory beat between family or location-based scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for a quiet snowy landscape in Martinsburg, West Virginia, with no visible people, traffic, buildings, or public activity in these frames.
Research note: No faces, logos, or apparent private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright, location metadata, and any broader reel context before licensing.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1938 Martinsburg West Virginia snow, 8mm home movie winter tree, 1930s snowy evergreen, and black-and-white rural winter footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Martinsburg material, then broader 1930s winter, snow, evergreen, or rural landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Martinsburg home-movie frame showing a snow-laden evergreen against a soft wooded winter background. — A snow-covered evergreen stands in a still winter landscape.

Snow-laden evergreen in Martinsburg, West Virginia, framed steadily in 1938 black-and-white 8mm footage. — The evergreen remains central, its branches heavy with snow.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a snowy evergreen in the supplied Martinsburg 1938 winter home movie. — A closer view emphasizes the snow clinging to the evergreen branches.

Late frame from the Martinsburg 1938 clip showing the evergreen and surrounding snow in soft 8mm texture. — The final view keeps the snowy evergreen and quiet wooded background in frame.

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