United States-1940: Woman Lifting Silver Tinsel Onto a Lighted Christmas Tree

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Year1940
Decade1940s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1940 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas preparations
domestic life
holiday decorating
household traditions
everyday activity
seasonal celebration

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · Eye-level oblique view of the woman beside the tree
Setting: indoor · Domestic interior with an illuminated Christmas tree
Time and weather: Undetermined · Christmas season; exact season unconfirmed · Not visible
Lighting: Dim interior illumination with bright colored tree lights and reflective highlights
People: 1 · One adult woman with short dark waved hair, wearing a dark short-sleeved dress and handling silver tinsel.
Objects: Christmas tree · silver tinsel · colored light bulbs · hanging ornaments · dark dress
Colors: black · dark green · silver · orange-red · yellow · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The woman looks down and gathers silver tinsel beside the illuminated tree.
She turns toward the branches with the reflective strands in her hands.
She lifts a section of tinsel toward the tree.
She reaches high among the decorated branches while holding more tinsel below.

Woman Lifting Silver Tinsel Onto a Lighted Christmas Tree — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1940 home movie footage shows a woman beside a Christmas tree covered with colored lights and reflective ornaments. She gathers a length of silver tinsel in her hands, looks toward the branches, and raises one arm to arrange it higher on the tree. A continuous medium shot holds her in profile beside the illuminated decorations, with soft focus, visible grain, and deep interior shadows.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002972

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1940 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: 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: This clip serves documentary and museum requests for household Christmas preparations in the United States, circa 1940.
Period detail: Short waved hair, a dark short-sleeved dress, colored bulbs, and silver tinsel provide broad visual clues consistent with circa 1940.
Home-movie behavior: The woman concentrates on arranging decorations, looking down at the strands before turning and reaching toward the branches.
What appears in frame: A woman in a dark dress stands beside evergreen branches carrying colored bulbs, reflective hanging ornaments, and long silver tinsel strands.
Film character: Visible grain, soft projected detail, dense shadows, and glowing colored highlights give the domestic scene its archival texture.
Edit role: The complete upward reach works as an activity insert or holiday memory beat within a sequence about Christmas preparations.
Historical context: The scene records hands-on household decorating with illuminated bulbs and reflective strands, without identifying a particular community or household.
Research note: An adult face and a private domestic interior are visible; copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for a woman hanging Christmas tinsel, United States holiday home movies, and color domestic footage circa 1940.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's pipe-smoking Christmas decorator, presents, and turkey dinner, then with United States interiors circa 1940 and other holiday preparations.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1940, a woman looks down at tinsel beside a Christmas tree glowing with colored bulbs. — The woman gathers tinsel near her waist beside the decorated tree.
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A woman in a United States domestic interior, circa 1940, turns toward a lighted Christmas tree while holding silver tinsel. — She faces the branches with a length of reflective tinsel held in front of her.
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In the United States, circa 1940, a woman raises silver tinsel toward Christmas tree branches hung with lights and ornaments. — One hand lifts the tinsel while the other supports the dangling strands.
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A woman reaches high among Christmas tree decorations in United States home movie footage, circa 1940, with silver tinsel in her lower hand. — Her arm extends toward the upper branches as she arranges the decorations.
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