Oregon-1957: Cross Sectional View Of Houses In A Neighborhood Surrounded By

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationOregon, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Oregon

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Cross Sectional View Of Houses In A Neighborhood... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a dark, atmospheric night scene in Oregon. The camera pans slowly through a dense forest, revealing a rocky cliff face partially obscured by evergreen trees. The footage features deep shadows, grainy texture, and a slightly overexposed, high-contrast look typical of Super 8 film from the era. The natural setting is quiet and secluded, with no visible people or structures, emphasizing the raw beauty of the landscape. This archival clip evokes a sense of mystery and nostalgia, perfect for historical documentaries, nature montages, or period-specific storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorNight
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127714745

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: Oregon, 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 Oregon 8mm home-movie footage for editors needing a brief wooded cliff or dark forest cutaway with a quiet, archival outdoor mood.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century amateur travel footage, with no visible people, cars, buildings, signage, or other dated objects beyond the 1957 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld viewpoint suggests an amateur observer panning across trees and rock formations rather than a staged landscape shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include evergreen trees, a pale rock face, deep shadowed gaps, a tree trunk, shrubs, and patches of dark forest floor.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, soft focus, high contrast, deep blacks, and uneven exposure that give the scene a strong physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, moody transition, location cutaway, or memory beat within a Pacific Northwest or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for a wooded Oregon landscape recorded by a private camera, without visible evidence of public landmarks or human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, but copyright, location identification, and underlying property concerns should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 Oregon 8mm forest footage, vintage home movie rocky cliff, dark evergreen landscape, and Pacific Northwest nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Oregon material, then broader vintage forest, cliff, riverbank, or dark nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing evergreen branches against a pale rocky cliff with deep shadow at the right. — Evergreens partially obscure a pale rock face in a shadowed wooded scene.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame with a shadowed rock wall, evergreen trees, and dense brush in a dark outdoor view. — A dimly lit rock wall and evergreen growth fill the frame.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing a vertical tree trunk beside shadowed brush and evergreen growth. — A tree trunk and dense vegetation appear in a dark wooded area.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame of dense evergreen trees, pale bare branches, and dark shadowed woodland. — Evergreen foliage and pale branches recede into heavy shadow.

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