Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1974: Ducks Swimming in Pond near Wooden Bridge

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

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Ducks Swimming in Pond near Wooden Bridge — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1974, showing ducks swimming calmly in a pond. The grainy, color-bleached film captures several gray-feathered ducks gliding across the water's surface, with scattered leaves floating nearby. The scene transitions to a wooden bridge with a 'No Admittance' sign, surrounded by dense trees and foliage, viewed through a dark frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural light and subtle camera movement, evoking a nostalgic, retro atmosphere.

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: 120967904

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 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: Useful for 1970s Colorado Springs home-movie requests needing quiet pond wildlife, park-like water views, or a brief natural cutaway for documentary context.
Period detail: The clip may show 1970s leisure-area landscaping, with ducks on a pond and a small wooden bridge visible in color 8mm footage from the stated Colorado Springs setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ducks and a bridge from a casual visitor perspective, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie record of a calm outdoor stop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling pond water, several ducks, floating leaves, dark film-frame edges, a wooden bridge, trees, railings, and a posted no-admittance sign.
Film character: The footage has a grainy 8mm color look with mild fading, uneven exposure, soft focus, and slight handheld movement that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, a reflective transition, a location-establishing cutaway, or a quiet memory beat within a 1970s travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a landscaped waterside area and non-human activity without visible people, offering modest social context around outdoor sightseeing or park visits.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any property or access restrictions suggested by the no-admittance sign should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1974 Colorado Springs 8mm ducks in pond, vintage home movie wooden bridge, 1970s park wildlife footage, and Super 8 pond cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with other 1974 Colorado Springs material, then with similar 1970s pond, bridge, park, or waterfowl footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing ducks spread across rippling pond water, with floating leaves and dark borders from the film scan. — Ducks move across the pond surface.

1974 Colorado Springs home-movie frame with a duck on the right side of a rippling pond and small leaves scattered across the water. — A duck floats in open pond water.

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a close view of pond water, floating leaves, and ducks partly near the lower edge of the frame. — Leaves and ducks appear along the pond surface.

1974 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing a small wooden bridge or walkway with railings, dense trees, and a visible no-admittance sign. — A wooden bridge is posted with a no-admittance sign.

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