Overexposed film transition.
1962 · Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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Couple opening gifts in a lamp-lit living room, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1962 — Hagerstown, Maryland, 1962
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- 1962
- Location
- Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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- Still 1 · 0.40s into the source clip
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Two adults in what appears to be a 1962 Hagerstown, Maryland living room; one seated in a wooden chair handles a gift box, heavy purple 8mm color cast throughout.
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1962 · Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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Decorated Christmas tree with silver tinsel and multicolored lights, gifts below, 1962.
1962 · Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
Still image · $49
Source footage and archive context
Hagerstown Maryland USA-1962: Couple Opening Gifts and Decorated Christmas Tree
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1960s collection.
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Period detail
Purple-shifted 8mm stock, wooden-chair furnishings, table lamp, and tinsel-draped tree with large multicolored bulbs are consistent with an early-1960s American domestic interior.
Film character
Heavy purple dye-shift on the 8mm stock, pronounced grain, soft focus, and a severely overexposed transition frame give it unmistakable mid-century home-movie texture.
Historical context
Tinsel-heavy trees with large multicolored incandescent bulbs were a hallmark of early-1960s American Christmas decorating, visible here in what appears to be a mid-Atlantic household.
Research note
Adult faces are visible in at least one frame; likeness rights for the individuals cannot be confirmed, and footage depicts a private residential interior — verify rights before editorial use.
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