Yorktown Virginia-1958: View Of Green Trees And River On A Cloudy Day

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYorktown, Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Yorktown Virginia

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View Of Green Trees And River On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene riverside view from a moving perspective, likely from a boat. The footage opens with a blurry, close-up view before revealing a grassy hillside with a stone retaining wall, vibrant orange flowers, and tall evergreen trees. A white house is partially visible on the hill, and a small bridge appears in the distance across the water. The scene unfolds on a cloudy day, with natural light creating a soft, nostalgic atmosphere. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, offering authentic archival footage of a quiet, natural landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127285938

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: 1958 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: Yorktown, 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: 1950s 8mm home-movie riverside scenery suited for documentary inserts, travel-history context, or atmospheric archive transitions around Yorktown, Virginia.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century leisure travel footage, with a waterfront retaining wall, clipped lawn, plantings, evergreens, and a small bridge visible from a moving viewpoint.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a visitor filming from water, briefly losing focus before settling on the shoreline and bridge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include choppy river water, a stone retaining wall, grassy slope, orange flowers, evergreen trees, a partial house, and a small bridge.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and handheld drift give the 8mm scan a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, waterfront cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader Yorktown or Virginia scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a landscaped riverside edge and nearby bridge in a 1958 home-movie context without showing people, vehicles, signage, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but property and location identification should be reviewed separately from copyright and footage licensing.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1958 8mm Yorktown river view, vintage Virginia waterfront home movie, cloudy day shoreline, and mid-century boat perspective.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1958 Yorktown or Virginia waterfront clips, then broader 1950s travel, river, bridge, and landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft, out-of-focus opening frame from 1958 8mm footage, showing indistinct green-brown forms and dark frame edges. — The clip opens in soft blur before the riverside view comes into focus.

Yorktown riverside view with a grassy slope, stone retaining wall, orange flowers, evergreen trees, water, and a partial house above the bank. — A landscaped riverbank appears with a stone wall, flowers, trees, and part of a house.

1958 Yorktown river scene with a stone bank, grassy hillside, evergreens, choppy water, and a small bridge in the distance. — The moving viewpoint carries the shoreline past a small bridge across the water.

Yorktown waterfront view from 1958 8mm footage, showing evergreens, a stone shoreline, choppy river water, and a small bridge beyond. — Evergreens and a stone shoreline frame the water as the bridge comes into clearer view.

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