Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1974: Duck On The River Under Wooden Bridge

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Duck On The River Under Wooden Bridge — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1974, showing a serene river scene under a rustic wooden bridge. A white duck swims calmly in the rippling water, surrounded by lush green and autumn-hued trees along the riverbank. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and natural light, capturing a peaceful moment of nature. The perspective shifts slightly across the five frames, offering views from beneath the bridge and across the water, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a quiet day outdoors.

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: 120967833

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1379 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1974
Reel-level location note: vail colorado
Date: 1974 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: Colorado Springs, Colorado, 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: This 1974 Colorado Springs 8mm clip can support documentary or educational requests for quiet 1970s outdoor leisure, urban nature, or home-movie river atmosphere.
Period detail: The rustic wooden bridge, natural park-like riverbank, and saturated 8mm color may show a mid-1970s visitor or family-film view of a landscaped waterside setting in Colorado Springs.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a duck from a casual riverside position, giving the scene the unstaged feel of a family outing or travel stop rather than a directed wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling water, a white duck, a wooden bridge with railings, concrete bridge supports, leafy trees, autumn-colored foliage, shaded banks, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, slight exposure variation, soft focus, handheld framing, and contact-print texture that read as authentic home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, nature insert, or gentle transition within a 1970s Colorado travel or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a modest outdoor waterside scene and reflects how home-movie makers often recorded local scenery, animals, and quiet pauses during travel or recreation.
Research note: Although no readable brands are visible in these frames, the clip is flagged for visible people at the metadata level, so likeness review should remain separate from copyright and location/property assessment.
Research search match: Likely researcher matches include 1974 Colorado Springs 8mm river duck footage, 1970s home movie wooden bridge over water, and vintage Colorado park nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1974 Colorado Springs material, and then with broader 1970s home-movie nature, bridges, ducks, or riverside cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a wooden bridge over a river, with rippling water, leafy trees, and dark film borders at the edges. — Wooden bridge and riverbank trees.

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame with a white duck on the river below a wooden bridge, framed by trees, foliage, and concrete supports. — Duck beneath the wooden bridge.

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a white duck floating on the river beneath the wooden bridge, with autumn-toned foliage and shaded shoreline behind it. — Duck on water near the bridge support.

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame of a white duck on rippling water, with a wooden bridge overhead and dense green and yellow foliage along the riverbank. — Duck drifting below the bridge.

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