Portland Oregon USA-1957: White Swans Swimming In Blue Lake On A Sunny Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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White Swans Swimming In Blue Lake On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Portland, Oregon, 1957, capturing a graceful white swan swimming on a deep blue lake. The clip features the swan's long neck and bright orange beak against rippling water, with natural sunlight creating highlights on its feathers. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and soft focus typical of mid-century amateur recordings. The swan moves calmly across the water, occasionally dipping its head, with reflections visible on the lake's surface. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of nature and wildlife from the 1950s.

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: 122656282

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: Useful for 1950s wildlife, park, or leisure-era inserts needing authentic 8mm home-movie footage of a white swan on water.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century color 8mm texture, with no visible landmarks or dated objects beyond the supplied 1957 Portland, Oregon metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on the swan from a close visitor perspective, valuing a calm outdoor observation rather than a staged wildlife study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white swan, long neck, orange bill, dark blue rippling water, reflected light, soft feather highlights, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The clip has saturated blue water, soft focus, visible grain, contrasty exposure, and slight handheld framing consistent with amateur 8mm film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, quiet memory beat, outdoor transition, or visual pause within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual mid-century home-movie interest in public outdoor scenery and wildlife, without visible people or identifiable setting details.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or animal-use permissions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1957 Portland 8mm swan footage, 1950s lake wildlife home movie, white swan swimming, and vintage Oregon nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Portland or Oregon 1957 material, then broader 1950s wildlife, lake, and park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Portland home-movie frame showing a white swan in close view against deep blue rippling water. — Close view of a white swan with its orange bill near blue water.

A white swan appears at the right edge of a 1957 Portland lake scene, with bright reflected light on blue water. — Swan at the edge of the frame with reflected light across the water.

1957 Portland 8mm frame with a partly shadowed white swan moving across dark blue rippling water. — Partly shadowed swan gliding through dark blue water.

White swan with ruffled sunlit feathers on dark water in a 1957 Portland home-movie frame. — Swan with ruffled feathers visible against dark water.

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