Winchester Maryland-1938: View Of Ice Covered Tree And Small Bush On A Clear Day

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWinchester, Maryland, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Winchester Maryland

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View Of Ice Covered Tree And Small Bush On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a quiet winter scene in Winchester, Maryland. The footage shows a close-up view of ice-covered tree branches and a small bush, their limbs glistening under a clear sky. The black-and-white image features natural film grain and slight camera shake, characteristic of early home movie recordings. The scene is still and atmospheric, evoking a sense of cold, crisp winter weather. The clip ends with a dark frame, suggesting the film reel was stopped or damaged. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a frozen landscape from the late 1930s.

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: 127269289

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: Winchester, Maryland, 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: Useful for 1930s winter-weather inserts, nature cutaways, and documentary passages needing quiet rural or small-town seasonal atmosphere.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm frame and simple outdoor subject support a late-1930s home-movie context, though the branches and brush provide few datable visual clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on ice-coated branches and undergrowth from a close, observational home-movie viewpoint rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bare tree limbs, icy branch highlights, dense brush, a small bush, dark tree trunks, uneven winter light, and a final darker frame.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight handheld instability, variable exposure, and contact-print softness that give the winter foliage an authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter insert, weather cutaway, reflective transition, or brief memory beat between family or location scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents an everyday outdoor winter view in the Winchester, Maryland area, emphasizing weather and landscape rather than identifiable people or activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific property concerns should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 Winchester Maryland winter 8mm, ice-covered tree home movie, 1930s winter branches, and vintage outdoor weather footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1938 Winchester material, and finally broader 1930s winter landscape or weather cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close view of ice-coated branches and brush in Winchester, Maryland, from 1938 black-and-white 8mm home-movie footage. — Ice-bright branches and undergrowth fill the frame in a quiet winter view.

Winter branches and brush appear beside a dark tree trunk or film-edge shadow in 1938 Winchester, Maryland footage. — A dark vertical form divides the wintry brush and ice-coated limbs.

The camera holds on ice-covered branches and tangled brush in this 1938 Winchester, Maryland 8mm frame. — Tangled winter branches show bright ice against darker surrounding brush.

A darker final frame shows faint winter brush and tree forms as the 1938 Winchester, Maryland clip trails off. — The closing frame darkens, leaving only faint outlines of brush and branches.

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