Philadephia Pennsylvania USA-1972: Shot Of The Lake Along Anhinga Trail Showing

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationPhiladephia, Pennsylvania, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Shot Of The Lake Along Anhinga Trail Showing — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1972 showing a tranquil lake scene along the Anhinga Trail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The clip features a lush, overgrown shoreline with dense green foliage and scattered lily pads on the water's surface. A dark wooden sign with white lettering and a yellow stripe marks the Anhinga Trail, set against a backdrop of ferns and tropical plants. The footage has a distinct purple-tinted color grade and visible film grain, with a steady, observational camera perspective. The scene captures a quiet, natural environment with birds perched in the trees, evoking a sense of peaceful exploration in a historic park setting.

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: 121320974

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

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: Philadephia, Pennsylvania, United States 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm nature footage suited for documentary inserts about visitor-shot park trails, wetland scenery, and quiet outdoor travel records.
Period detail: The visible Anhinga Trail sign, film stock color shift, and simple observational framing may show a 1972 visitor record of a marked wetland trail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing first on the trail sign and then on water, brush, lily pads, and birds without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Anhinga Trail sign, dense tropical foliage, cloudy sky, still water, lily pads, shoreline brush, perched birds, and film frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, purple color fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld steadiness typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, nature cutaway, route marker, or quiet transition between travel and wetland observation scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a marked public trail and wetland environment through an amateur camera, with no people visible in the selected frames.
Research note: No people are visible, but the Anhinga Trail sign should be reviewed for location identification and any separate trademark or site permission concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s 8mm wetland trail footage, Anhinga Trail sign home movie, vintage lake shoreline birds, and 1972 nature travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with the same stated year or trail location, and then with broader wetland, lake, bird, and park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame showing an Anhinga Trail sign beside dense foliage, with the stated location requiring review. — A dark trail sign with white Anhinga Trail lettering stands before thick greenery.

Purple-tinted 8mm view of a quiet wetland shoreline with still water, brush, lily pads, and perched birds. — A still waterway borders dense shoreline brush under a cloudy sky.

1970s 8mm frame of a wetland water channel lined with brush, lily pads, and distant trees under muted light. — The camera holds on a calm channel edged by thick vegetation and lily pads.

Vintage 8mm view of wetland brush and calm water, with lily pads below and small birds visible in the branches. — Birds perch in bare branches above a quiet stretch of wetland water.

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