Novi Michigan-1961: Large Winter Tree Surrounded By Small And Tangled Branches

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationNovi, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Michigan

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Large Winter Tree Surrounded By Small And Tangled Branches — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a large tree trunk surrounded by small, tangled branches in Novi, Michigan. The scene shows early spring foliage with fresh green buds emerging against a pale sky, viewed through a dark frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, intimate perspective. This archival clip offers authentic period atmosphere for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127422543

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 2015 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: xmas,linda communion,,d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1961-1962
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan,
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Novi, Michigan, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s archival requests needing a quiet rural or suburban Michigan nature cutaway from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The visible clue is mainly the 8mm home-movie frame, with bare branches and early green buds that may show a late winter or early spring moment in 1961.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on a tree trunk and surrounding branches from an informal, unstaged home-movie viewpoint.
What appears in frame: The frames show a dark tree trunk, thin tangled branches, small green buds, pale sky, soft focus, and rounded film-frame edges.
Film character: The scan carries visible film grain, muted color, slight blur, handheld framing, and dark gate edges consistent with small-gauge home-movie stock.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief seasonal insert, reflective transition, or memory beat between family, place, or weather-related scenes.
Historical context: The clip offers a modest outdoor view of Novi, Michigan, with no visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifying public landmarks in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location provenance, and any underlying property concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Novi Michigan 8mm tree branches, vintage home movie early spring foliage, or 1960s suburban nature cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Novi 1961 exteriors, and then broader 1960s seasonal tree or branch footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Novi, Michigan 8mm frame showing a large dark tree trunk with thin branches and early green buds. — A tree trunk and sparse branches fill the home-movie frame.

1961 Novi, Michigan outdoor frame with a dark trunk, crossing branches, and small green buds near a pale sky. — Branches cross in front of a large trunk with early foliage visible.

1961 Novi, Michigan 8mm frame showing a close tree trunk with tangled bare branches and faint spring growth. — The camera holds on a textured trunk framed by thin branches.

1961 Novi, Michigan home-movie frame of a large tree trunk with fine branches and small green buds against a bright sky. — A large trunk and delicate branches appear near the edge of the 8mm frame.

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