Baltimore Maryland-1961: View Of Blue Lake And Green Trees On A Cloudy Day

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Baltimore Maryland

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

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a blue lake and green trees from a moving perspective, likely from a boat or bridge. The footage shows a grassy shoreline with scattered trees and distant buildings under a cloudy sky, with a faint American flag visible in later frames. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of a quiet day in Baltimore, Maryland, with natural scenery and subtle movement across the water.

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: 127475294

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: 1961 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: Baltimore, 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 1960s Baltimore-area documentary edits needing quiet waterfront scenery, moving-view travel atmosphere, or a period landscape cutaway from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm footage with a low shoreline, lawns, trees, distant buildings, and small cars that may reflect an early-1960s recreational or roadside waterfront setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler or family member filming scenery from a moving position across water rather than documenting a formal event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled blue-gray water, a grassy shoreline, scattered trees, distant low buildings, passing cars, cloudy sky, and dark vertical framing from the filming position.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld or moving-camera drift typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, reflective transition, travel cutaway, or memory beat between more specific Baltimore or family-reel scenes.
Historical context: The view offers modest social context for leisure travel and waterfront observation in the Baltimore area without confirming the exact waterway, buildings, or purpose of the trip.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or readable logos are visible, but location and property identification should still be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Baltimore 8mm waterfront view, cloudy lakeside home movie, early 1960s Maryland shoreline, and vintage color travel scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other 1961 Baltimore or Maryland footage, then broader 1960s waterfront, travel, and landscape home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Baltimore-area 8mm frame showing blue-gray water, a low green shoreline, trees, distant structures, and cloudy sky from a moving viewpoint. — A moving view across water toward a grassy shoreline with trees and distant buildings.

1961 Baltimore-area home-movie frame with a grassy shoreline, distant low buildings, trees, small cars, and cloudy sky beyond the water. — The camera passes a waterfront lawn with distant buildings, cars, and trees under clouds.

1961 Baltimore-area 8mm view across water to an open grassy bank with cars, distant buildings, trees, and a small flag against cloud cover. — A shoreline scene includes open grass, distant structures, cars, trees, and a small flag.

1961 Baltimore-area frame showing rippled water, a low grassy shoreline, distant buildings, trees, cars, and a small flag in soft 8mm color. — The final view holds on rippled water and a grassy shoreline with distant buildings and cars.

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