Vermont-1962: A Person Skiing Down A Hill Falls Down On Their Bottom

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationVermont, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Vermont

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A Person Skiing Down A Hill Falls Down On Their Bottom — Clip Details

VERMONT-1962: A skier in a dark coat descends a snowy hill, captured on grainy 8mm film. The skier maintains balance with poles, then loses control, falling forward and tumbling into the snow. The sequence ends with the skier sitting up, recovering from the fall. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—high contrast, soft focus, and visible grain—evoking a nostalgic, authentic winter sports memory from the early 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127489860

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1962 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: Vermont, 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

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

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Vermont home-movie skiing footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a short amateur winter recreation fall beat.
Period detail: The dark ski clothing, simple open snowy slope, and 8mm home-movie handling may show early 1960s recreational skiing without visible resort branding.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged amateur moment as a skier descends, loses control, falls into the snow, and recovers within a family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lone skier, skis, poles, dark winter coat, snow-covered hillside, powder spray, shadows, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has high-contrast 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that give the fall sequence physical archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief winter sports insert, humorous home-movie cutaway, transition into ski culture, or memory beat about outdoor recreation.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects informal cold-weather leisure on a snowy Vermont hill, with emphasis on amateur participation rather than organized competition.
Research note: A person is visible but facial identification is unclear; likeness review may still be needed, and copyright clearance is separate from personal or location rights.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1960s Vermont skiing home movie, 8mm skier falling in snow, amateur winter sports footage, and vintage ski hill recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Vermont 1962 winter footage, then broader 1960s home-movie skiing and snow recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

A skier in dark winter clothing moves downhill on a snowy Vermont slope in 1962 home-movie footage. — The skier starts downhill across a bright snow-covered slope.

The skier has lost balance and is falling through snow on the Vermont hillside, with powder spraying behind. — The skier falls and slides, sending snow spray across the hill.

A dark-clad skier continues down the snowy Vermont hill, leaning while using poles in grainy 8mm footage. — The skier leans through the descent with poles visible against the snow.

The skier stands on the snow-covered Vermont slope after the fall, framed at a distance in 1962 home-movie footage. — The skier pauses upright on the open slope after the fall sequence.

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