Colorado USA-1959: Fish Swimming In Water

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Fish Swimming In Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1959, showing fish swimming in a shallow, clear stream. The clip begins with dark, grainy frames before revealing the water's surface, where several fish glide over a bed of green moss and rocks. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural light reflections, capturing a quiet moment of wildlife in a natural setting. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century outdoor life and nature observation.

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: 121131308

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 1704 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1959 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Colorado, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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 requests needing 1950s Colorado 8mm nature footage, especially documentary or educational inserts of fish moving through shallow freshwater.
Period detail: The frames show no datable buildings or objects, so the 1959 period context comes from clip metadata rather than visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie observation of wildlife, with the camera lingering on fish and water surface rather than presenting a formal nature study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark leader-like exposure, shallow water, green moss or algae, pale stones, reflected light, and several dark fish shapes.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, color fading, gate edges, and uneven exposure that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, nature transition, or visual insert for mid-century outdoor recreation and stream ecology.
Historical context: The clip reflects casual mid-century outdoor observation in Colorado without showing people, facilities, or identifiable public land features.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific use questions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Search matches include 1959 Colorado 8mm fish in stream, vintage home movie wildlife, shallow water fish footage, and mid-century outdoor nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other Colorado 1959 outdoor clips, and then with broader vintage wildlife or freshwater stream footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Opening 8mm frame from the Colorado 1959 clip showing mostly dark, mottled exposure before the stream scene appears. — Dark transitional frame with visible film grain and gate edges.

Soft, underexposed 8mm frame with faint surface marks and borders, preceding the visible fish-in-water footage. — Underexposed film frame with faint marks and heavy border shadow.

Colorado 1959 home-movie frame showing dark fish gliding through shallow clear water over green moss and pale stones. — Fish move through shallow water above moss, stones, and reflected light.

Late frame from the Colorado 1959 8mm clip with several fish visible against mossy streambed and pale rock patches. — Several fish remain visible against a mossy streambed and pale rocks.

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