Wheeling Ohio-1957: Red and Yellow Christmas Tree Lights at Night

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationWheeling, Ohio, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Wheeling Ohio

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Red and Yellow Christmas Tree Lights at Night — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a mesmerizing view of red and yellow revolving Christmas tree lights against a dark night sky. The glowing orbs, likely from a holiday display, appear as soft, out-of-focus bokeh circles that drift and pulse across the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, subtle lens flares, and a nostalgic, dreamlike quality. This archival clip evokes the warmth and charm of mid-century holiday celebrations, perfect for documentaries, nostalgic content, or period-specific visuals.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127278797

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: 1957 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: Wheeling, Ohio, 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 requests needing 1950s 8mm holiday atmosphere, abstract Christmas light details, or transitional night imagery from a mid-century home-movie source.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century Christmas display lights, with red and yellow points against darkness rather than identifiable decorations, buildings, or street details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on distant revolving lights as a personal holiday observation rather than a composed public record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark night sky, scattered red and yellow light points, soft bokeh, faint blue-green flare, heavy shadow, and film grain.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows deep underexposure, soft focus, visible grain, faint scratches, and intermittent flare that give the abstract light pattern its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, memory beat, holiday transition, or abstract cutaway between clearer Christmas or nighttime scenes.
Historical context: The clip suggests domestic or community holiday decoration culture in the 1950s, but the frames do not identify a specific display, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location context, and any property-related use should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Search matches include 1957 8mm Christmas lights, Wheeling Ohio holiday home movie, abstract red yellow night lights, and vintage revolving tree lights.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with Wheeling or 1957 holiday footage, then with broader mid-century Christmas light and night bokeh scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 8mm home-movie frame from Wheeling, Ohio, showing small red, yellow, and blue lights against a dark night field. — Small colored holiday lights appear in a mostly dark frame.

Soft colored points cluster near the upper left in this dark 1957 Wheeling, Ohio 8mm holiday-light frame. — Dim colored lights sit high in the frame against darkness.

A dark 8mm frame shows scattered holiday lights and blue-green flare, consistent with the Wheeling, Ohio 1957 metadata. — Scattered colored lights and flare remain visible in the dark frame.

Red and yellow lights form loose rows across the darkness in this 1957 8mm Wheeling, Ohio holiday-light view. — Rows of red and yellow lights glow in soft focus.

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