United States-1972: Colored Lights and Silver Tinsel on a Christmas Tree

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

Christmas
domestic decoration
holiday traditions
seasonal display
home movie memory
decorative detail

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · tilt · Near-level close view that tilts upward along the tree
Setting: indoor · Domestic interior with a decorated Christmas tree and pale curtains
Time and weather: Indeterminate · Christmas season; winter inferred from the holiday context · Not visible
Lighting: Dim interior light with glowing colored electric bulbs and reflective highlights
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: Christmas tree · colored electric bulbs · round baubles · hanging figurine ornaments · silver tinsel strands · silver garland · pale curtains · red covering beneath the tree
Colors: violet · blue · silver · dark green · red · warm yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Lower branches fill the view with bulbs, baubles and silver garland above a red covering.
The camera rises past hanging figures and long strands of tinsel.
More of the decorated tree appears against pale curtains.

Colored Lights and Silver Tinsel on a Christmas Tree — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1972 home movie footage shows a densely decorated Christmas tree indoors. Colored bulbs, round baubles, small hanging figures and silver tinsel fill the opening close-up, with a red covering partly visible below. The handheld camera tilts upward through the branches, revealing more ornaments and pale curtains behind the tree. Soft focus and a strong violet cast give the projected film a diffuse glow.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upInteriorHandheld
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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003674

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$149 · Editorial only 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.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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 circa 1972 holiday detail serves documentary requests for indoor Christmas decorations and colored tree lights in an American home movie setting.
Period detail: Long silver tinsel strands, reflective garland, colored bulbs and assorted hanging ornaments support the section's circa 1972 setting without establishing a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The camera operator slowly surveys the decorated branches, recording the household display without anyone posing or entering the shot.
What appears in frame: The view contains colored bulbs, round baubles, hanging figures, silver garland, fine tinsel strands, pale curtains and a red covering below.
Film character: Grain, soft focus, violet-blue color rendition and wavering highlights give the projected-film capture its visible archival texture.
Edit role: Use this brief insert as a Christmas cutaway, a transition between household scenes or a pause within a holiday memory sequence.
Historical context: The layered ornaments and electric lights document a domestic Christmas display, while the decorations alone cannot establish its location or calendar year.
Research note: No people or readable brands appear; footage copyright is separate from rights in decorative designs and any permissions concerning the private interior.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1972 Christmas tree home movies, silver tinsel, colored bulbs and silent small-gauge holiday footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's fireplace stockings and children examining gifts, then with other circa 1972 United States interiors or Christmas decoration details.

Still Frames From This Clip

Christmas tree detail in the United States, circa 1972, showing colored bulbs, baubles and silver garland above a red covering. — Lower branches carry glowing bulbs, round ornaments and silver garland.
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Hanging figure ornament, baubles and colored lights amid silver tinsel in a United States Christmas home movie, circa 1972. — A small pale figure hangs among reflective strands and colored bulbs.
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Decorated branches beside pale curtains in the United States, circa 1972, with figure ornaments, silver garland and glowing bulbs. — The rising view reveals more ornaments and the curtain behind the tree.
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Higher branches of an indoor Christmas tree in the United States, circa 1972, filled with colored lights, baubles and silver tinsel. — Colored lights punctuate the dark branches as the camera tilts higher.
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