Ohio-1967: Two Boys Shovelling Out a Snow Cave Beside a Snow-Laden Spruce

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationOhio, United States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 · Ohio, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

childhood play
winter
snowstorm
building a snow fort
outdoor family life
1960s home movies
friendship

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: outdoor · Snow-covered yard beside a building with large multi-pane windows and a heavily laden spruce tree
Time and weather: day · winter · snowing
Lighting: overcast, underexposed natural daylight
People: 2 · Two boys in dark winter coats, boots and caps or hoods, one in a knit cap with a light-coloured hood, digging and resting by a snow cave
Objects: long-handled shovels · snow cave · snowdrift · spruce tree · multi-pane windows · winter coats · snow boots · knit cap
Colors: violet · white · navy · dark green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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A boy bends to dig at the mouth of a snow cave while another stands behind him.
The boy walks past the cave opening carrying a long-handled shovel.
A second boy in a knit cap joins him in front of the snow-laden spruce.
One boy stands holding his shovel upright as the other moves to the mound.
The second boy sits on the drift beside the cave while snow keeps falling.

Two Boys Shovelling Out a Snow Cave Beside a Snow-Laden... — Clip Details

In the American Midwest, probably Ohio, circa 1967 home movie footage shows two boys digging a snow cave into a tall drift beside a heavily laden spruce while flakes fall. One, in a dark hooded coat, carries a long-handled shovel past the cave mouth, and a companion in a knit cap joins him. They pause, the companion climbing onto the mound as the first stands holding his shovel upright. The single handheld shot pans slightly, with dark, faded colour and a violet cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002121

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 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: Ohio, 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: Answers requests for 1960s American winter childhood footage, giving documentaries and nostalgia pieces a real snow-day moment of boys digging a snow cave.
Period detail: The boys' bulky parkas, knit cap and rubber boots may show mid-1960s winter wear, while the faded colour stock fits home film of that decade.
Home-movie behavior: The boys go about their digging and resting with little regard for the camera, giving an unstaged look at self-directed winter play.
What appears in frame: Two boys in winter coats, long-handled shovels, a cave hollowed into a tall drift, a spruce bowed under snow, falling flakes and a wall of large multi-pane windows.
Film character: Underexposed, handheld small-gauge colour with a violet-magenta fade, soft grain and fine scratches that give the snowfall a dense period texture.
Edit role: Works as a memory-beat insert or a winter cutaway within a sequence about childhood, seasons or a heavy storm.
Historical context: The scene reflects how children in the snowy northern United States turned heavy drifts into play spaces, part of a reel's winter section circa 1967.
Research note: The boys are likely minors and probably identifiable to people who knew them though their faces are dark; likeness permissions and the building behind them are separate from the film copyright.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 1960s kids snow fort home movie, boys digging snow cave vintage footage, and circa 1967 Midwest winter family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's dog in deep snow and snow-covered houses, then with the reel's family scenes such as two little boys by a playpen, then with other 1960s winter-play footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Boy with a shovel walks past a snow cave in a drift during snowfall, likely Ohio, circa 1967 home movie — A boy carries his shovel past the mouth of the snow cave as flakes fall, circa 1967.
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Two boys in parkas, one in a knit cap, pause in deep snow before a spruce, American Midwest, circa 1967 — The second boy, in a knit cap, joins his companion in front of the spruce.
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Boys at a snow fort, one holding a shovel upright, during a snowstorm, likely Ohio, circa 1967 — One boy heads back to the mound while the other stands with his shovel upright.
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Boy rests on the snow cave mound as his friend leans on a shovel in falling snow, circa 1967 Midwest home movie — Resting at the snow cave: one boy sits on the drift, the other leans on his shovel.
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