Michigan USA-1968: Person Walking Near Pond In Dry Field

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationMichigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Person Walking Near Pond In Dry Field — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Michigan USA in 1968 shows a lone figure walking through a dry, grassy field near a small pond or swamp. The scene is framed by bare tree branches in the foreground, with a wooded hillside in the background. The film exhibits a distinct purple and brown color cast typical of aged Super 8 film, with visible grain and soft focus. The person, wearing dark clothing, moves slowly across the landscape, creating a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of a rural American summer day. This authentic archival footage captures the texture and mood of 1960s home movie aesthetics.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122809248

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1018 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: chicago,macinaw island michigan
Date: 1968 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: Michigan, 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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Topics & Keywords

water
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Michigan rural-life requests needing a quiet archival cutaway of a lone person moving through a field beside water.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1960s home-movie era detail through the 8mm format, soft focus, subdued outdoor clothing, and undeveloped wooded landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged distance and patience of the camera as a lone figure walks slowly through an ordinary rural setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark-clothed walker, dry grass, a small pond or marsh, bare branches, tree trunks, and a wooded hillside.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, soft focus, purple-brown aging, slight blur, and a handheld home-movie feel that signals original physical film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, rural transition, landscape insert, or contemplative cutaway within a family-history or regional sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a person within a modest Michigan outdoor landscape without showing identifiable landmarks or specific social activity beyond walking.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, music, or clear private-property indicators are visible in the frames.
Research search match: Searches may match 1968 Michigan 8mm home movie, person walking near pond, rural field, dry grass, wooded swampland, and vintage outdoor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1968 Michigan outdoor scenes, then broader rural pond or field home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Michigan 8mm frame showing a distant person in dark clothing walking through dry grass beside a small pond and wooded bank. — A lone figure moves across a dry field near the edge of a pond.

Distant person in dark clothing crosses a dry Michigan field near pond water, with bare branches and woods behind. — The walker appears small against the pond and wooded background.

A dark-clothed figure walks through pale dry grass in rural Michigan, with pond water and leafless trees nearby. — The figure continues across the grassy area near the waterline.

Final 1968 Michigan frame with a small dark figure near pond water, framed by bare branches, dry grass, and trees. — A small figure stands or walks near the pond as branches frame the scene.

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