Web preview · 256px high1968 8mm home-movie frame showing heavy icicles and frozen buildup beneath a dark rocky overhang.
Frozen icicles hang from a rocky overhang in a winter scene.

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Frozen icicles hang from a rocky overhang in a winter scene — Chicago, Illinois, 1968

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Catalog year
1968
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Still 1 · 0.40s into the source clip
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1968 8mm home-movie frame showing heavy icicles and frozen buildup beneath a dark rocky overhang.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 0.40 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Chicago Illinois-1968: Frozen Waterfall Icicles Then Airport Tarmac with Single Airplane

Chicago Illinois-1968: Frozen Waterfall Icicles Then Airport Tarmac with Single Airplane

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Source format: Super 8.

Browse the collection: 1968 United States.

Date documentation · estimated

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Source reel 1018

Year note: 1968

Location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan

Period detail

Visible period clues include rows of vintage parked cars, distant airport lighting, a tarmac view, and 8mm color handling from the late 1960s.

Film character

The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, a purple color cast, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.

Historical context

The airport view places everyday air travel within a mid-century car-and-tarmac landscape, while the frozen scene adds seasonal context.

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