Portland Oregon USA-1957: Mallard Ducks Foraging On Grass And Swimming In Water

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationPortland, Oregon, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Portland Oregon

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Mallard Ducks Foraging On Grass And Swimming In Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Portland, Oregon, 1957, showing a male mallard duck and a female mallard foraging on a sunlit green lawn. The male duck stands alert while the female pecks at the grass. The scene transitions to the ducks swimming in calm water, their reflections rippling on the surface. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics: warm color palette, slight grain, and soft focus, capturing a nostalgic moment of wildlife in a suburban setting.

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: 122656257

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 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: Portland, Oregon, 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: 1950s Portland home-movie wildlife footage suited for documentary cutaways, nature inserts, or everyday suburban memory sequences.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century home-movie view of mallard ducks on a maintained lawn and nearby water, with no visible landmarks or date-specific objects.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an informal observer's perspective, lingering on ducks feeding and swimming without staging or human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a male mallard, a female mallard, green grass, calm water, ripples, reflections, sunlight, and soft film borders.
Film character: The clip carries an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, warm color, grain, slight exposure variation, and gentle handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, transition, nature insert, or memory beat between family or neighborhood scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary wildlife encountered in a domestic or park-like setting, without visible people, signage, or identifiable structures.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, though copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm mallard ducks, Portland Oregon home movie wildlife, ducks on lawn, and vintage ducks swimming footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Portland 1957 outdoor scenes, then broader 1950s home-movie wildlife or waterfowl material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Portland home-movie frame showing a male mallard standing on grass while a female mallard forages nearby. — A male mallard stands on a lawn as a female mallard feeds in the grass.

1957 Portland home-movie frame of a female mallard foraging on a lawn while a male mallard stands in the background. — The female mallard pecks at the lawn while the male remains upright nearby.

1957 Portland home-movie frame showing mallard ducks swimming through calm water with soft reflections. — Mallards move through rippling water in a softly exposed home-movie frame.

1957 Portland home-movie frame of a male mallard swimming in water with a visible reflection and film-edge softness. — A male mallard glides across the water, leaving small ripples behind.

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