Scotland-1961: Loch Katrine with Water Supply Sign

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationScotland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Scotland

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Loch Katrine with Water Supply Sign — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Scotland in 1961, showing a scenic view of Loch Katrine through a window, with lush green hills and calm waters. The clip transitions to a close-up of a green sign warning visitors that the loch is Glasgow's water supply, prohibiting camping, bathing, fires, picnicking, and fishing. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic slice of mid-century Scottish life and environmental awareness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121313565

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Scotland Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s Scotland archive requests needing visitor-shot reservoir scenery, public water-supply signage, or rural travel cutaways for documentary and education edits.
Period detail: The green public notice, 8mm color stock, and handheld framing may show early-1960s tourist filming around Loch Katrine, consistent with the supplied 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor's observational rhythm, moving from a scenic view through a window or opening to a practical close look at the loch access rules.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Loch Katrine water, wooded hills, a window-like dark frame, grass, a green water-supply warning sign, yellow lettering, trees, and sign supports.
Film character: The scan carries dense 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, slight blur, and uneven exposure that read as authentic mid-century home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, a rule-sign cutaway, a transition from landscape to civic infrastructure, or a brief memory beat in Scottish travel material.
Historical context: The sign visually links scenic recreation with municipal water protection, showing how visitors encountered access restrictions around a public water source.
Research note: No people are visible, but the Glasgow water-supply sign and public-agency wording should be reviewed for copyright, trademark-like identifiers, and location-use context.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 Scotland 8mm Loch Katrine, Glasgow water supply sign, Scottish reservoir home movie, and vintage rural water notice footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Scotland or Loch Katrine material, then with broader water-supply, reservoir, and rural travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Scotland home-movie view of Loch Katrine water and green hills, partly framed by a dark interior edge or opening. — Scenic Loch Katrine view through a dark frame, with water and wooded hills beyond.

Close view of a green Loch Katrine sign identifying Glasgow's water supply and listing visitor restrictions. — Loch Katrine public notice warns visitors to keep the water supply clean and stay to the road.

1961 Scotland frame centered on the Loch Katrine water-supply sign, with rules about keeping the supply pure and staying to the road. — The sign lists restrictions around Loch Katrine, including camping, bathing, fires, picnicking, litter, and shore fishing.

Final close frame of the Loch Katrine Glasgow water-supply notice, showing yellow rules text on a green sign in a wooded setting. — Final close-up of the Loch Katrine water-supply notice in its wooded roadside setting.

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