Honolulu Oahu Hawaii USA-1977: A Group Of Koi Fish Swimming In A Pond By A Plant

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationHonolulu Oahu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Group Of Koi Fish Swimming In A Pond By A Plant — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1977 showing a group of koi fish swimming in a pond with a distinct purple-blue tint, likely due to film stock and lighting conditions. The fish, in various colors including white, orange, and red, move gracefully through the water, creating ripples. A green aquatic plant is visible in the lower left corner, adding contrast to the scene. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of handheld Super 8 recordings. This authentic archival clip captures a serene moment of wildlife in a garden setting, evoking nostalgia for 1970s home movie aesthetics.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121120249

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 1245 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: kodak show,blow hole,polynesian show,cementery,sunset beach,arizona memorial,sept 5-12
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: honolulu hawaii
Date: 1977 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: Honolulu Oahu, Hawaii, 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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet Honolulu garden-pond wildlife cutaway or period travel-memory detail.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1977 visitor or family-film view of koi in a pond, with the era most evident through the 8mm color cast, grain, soft focus, and brief observational framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the fish from above without staging, preserving the casual attention a home-movie maker might give to a calm pond scene during travel or leisure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include koi in white, orange, and red tones, rippled blue-purple water, a green aquatic plant at the left edge, dark frame borders, soft motion blur, and film grain.
Film character: The clip carries a strong physical-film texture with blue-purple color shift, visible grain, soft exposure, slight blur from fish movement, and the boxed contact-frame feel of scanned 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, reflective transition, travel-memory cutaway, or atmospheric pause within a 1970s Hawaii or garden sequence.
Historical context: As visual context, the clip records ornamental fish and pond landscaping as seen through a private 1970s home-movie lens rather than through a formal wildlife or tourism production.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be checked against the source reel and license terms.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1977 Honolulu koi pond 8mm footage, 1970s Hawaii home movie fish pond, vintage Super 8 koi swimming, and archival garden pond cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1977 Honolulu or Oahu footage, and then with broader 1970s garden, pond, fish, or travel-memory material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing koi fish moving through blue-purple pond water with a green aquatic plant at the left edge. — Koi gather near a pond plant.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame with white and orange koi swimming across rippled blue-purple pond water near a plant at the left edge. — Koi cross the rippled pond surface.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing koi scattered through blue-purple pond water, with a green aquatic plant visible along the left margin. — Fish drift past the plant-lined edge.

1977 Honolulu 8mm frame showing a cluster of koi in white, orange, and red tones moving through dark blue-purple rippled pond water. — A cluster of koi moves through the pond.

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