Brighton Michigan-1960: Scary Footage Of A Residence Next To A Dark Road At

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationBrighton, Michigan, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Brighton Michigan

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Scary Footage Of A Residence Next To A Dark Road At — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this eerie clip captures a dark, grainy nighttime scene from Brighton, Michigan. A wooden fence runs horizontally across the frame, silhouetted against a pitch-black sky. Faint, ghostly light flares and lens artifacts flicker in the darkness, creating an unsettling, mysterious atmosphere. The footage, likely shot from a moving vehicle, shows subtle camera shake and the characteristic grain of vintage home movie film. This haunting, low-light sequence evokes a sense of suspense and nostalgia, perfect for horror, documentary, or period pieces.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127730114

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 2039 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: d danielar
Reel-level year note: 1960
Reel-level location note: detroit michigan
Date: 1960 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: Brighton, 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: 1960s 8mm nighttime home-movie footage suited to requests for dark roadside atmosphere, rural or suburban suspense inserts, and period memory transitions.
Period detail: The wooden rail fence, near-total darkness, and soft 8mm exposure may show a low-light roadside view in Brighton, Michigan, in 1960.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an unstaged home-movie glance, likely filmed from a moving or handheld position without controlled lighting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wooden fence, vertical posts, dark open background, faint distant light, heavy shadow, and soft film-edge darkness.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, low-light underexposure, slight blur, and handheld instability that read as physical archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief night-road cutaway, suspense transition, memory beat, or atmospheric insert between brighter home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The scene suggests a dark roadside or residential edge at night, but the frames do not identify a specific house, landmark, road, or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, though location and property context should still be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960 8mm night road, Brighton Michigan home movie, dark wooden fence footage, and vintage roadside darkness.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Brighton or 1960 Michigan footage, then broader 8mm night-road or eerie rural cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Brighton, Michigan 8mm frame showing a dim wooden fence against a nearly black roadside background. — A wooden fence crosses a dark roadside scene at night.

Low-light 8mm frame from Brighton, Michigan, with fence rails, posts, and a faint distant flare in darkness. — Fence posts and a faint light appear in a dark roadside view.

Underexposed 1960 8mm frame showing a low wooden rail and post at the bottom of a dark Brighton roadside scene. — A low fence rail is barely visible in the darkness.

Grainy 8mm nighttime view of fence rails and a central post in Brighton, Michigan, with most surroundings obscured. — Fence rails and a post stand out faintly against the dark scene.

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