New Mexico USA-1973: A Duck In The Pond And A Bison Family In An Enclosure

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationNew Mexico, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 New Mexico

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A Duck In The Pond And A Bison Family In An Enclosure — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 in New Mexico, showing a Muscovy duck with black and white plumage and a red face swimming in rippling purple-tinged water. The scene transitions to a rocky enclosure where two adult bison and a calf walk along a chain-link fence with a distant town visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural motion, capturing authentic wildlife and rural life from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120962893

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1381 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new mexico, calsbad,santa fe,taos
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: New Mexico, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New Mexico 8mm wildlife home-movie footage suited to documentary cutaways about roadside animal parks, rural travel, ponds, and family-shot regional landscapes.
Period detail: The footage may show 1970s visitor-shot animal viewing, with chain-link fencing, rocky terrain, distant low-rise settlement, and the purple-shifted color typical of aged amateur film scans.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes animals without staging, first lingering on a duck in rippled water and then cutting to bison moving along a fenced enclosure from a visitor's vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Muscovy duck on rippling water, two adult bison, a smaller calf, rocky ground, a chain-link fence, scrub vegetation, and a distant town or settlement.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight color fading toward purple, and brief handheld framing that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, a travel-memory transition, or a cutaway between broader New Mexico landscape and animal-enclosure material.
Historical context: The clip documents casual animal observation in a dry Southwestern setting, contrasting pond wildlife with fenced bison viewing while avoiding any claim about the specific facility.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, animal facility permissions, and any location-specific property considerations should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1973 New Mexico 8mm duck pond, vintage home movie bison enclosure, Muscovy duck Super 8, and 1970s Southwestern animal park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 New Mexico material, then broader 1970s home-movie clips of ponds, wildlife, ranch animals, or fenced animal enclosures.

Still Frames From This Clip

A Muscovy duck with dark body feathers, white chest, and red facial skin swims through rippling water in 1973 New Mexico home-movie footage. — Duck swimming in rippled pond water.

The duck remains centered in purple-tinged rippled water, showing its red face and contrasting dark and white plumage in the 8mm frame. — Duck crossing the water surface.

Two adult bison and a calf walk over rocky ground beside a chain-link fence, with a distant New Mexico settlement visible beyond the enclosure. — Bison family beside a fenced enclosure.

A small group of bison, including a calf, moves near a long chain-link fence on rocky terrain, with distant buildings and hills in the background. — Bison walking along the enclosure fence.

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