Western USA-1980: Tall Grass Growing On Calm Riverbank Blue Black Colored Map

$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.

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Tall Grass Growing On Calm Riverbank Blue Black Colored Map — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from the Western USA in 1980, showing a detailed map of a park or wilderness area with labeled trails and lakes. The scene transitions to a natural setting with tall grasses and wildflowers along a calm riverbank, where a small animal, possibly a marmot, is visible among the vegetation. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, unscripted quality typical of personal travel recordings from the era.

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: 122820873

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: 1980 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: 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1980s Western USA home-movie requests needing natural riverbank, tall grass, and quiet wilderness cutaway material.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1980 visitor view of a grassy riverside or lakeside area, with no visible signage, vehicles, clothing, or buildings to narrow the place further.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing has an observational travel-film quality, lingering on grasses, rocks, water, and a small animal shape without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall dry grass, green riverbank plants, scattered rocks, dark water, a wooded far shore, and a small possible animal among vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and color shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, travel-memory insert, quiet transition, or environmental detail between broader Western USA scenes.
Historical context: The clip reflects personal outdoor travel filming from the early 1980s, emphasizing landscape observation rather than identifiable people or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any land or wildlife-use permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1980 Western USA 8mm riverbank, home movie tall grass water, vintage nature cutaway, or Super 8 lakeshore plants may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1980 Western USA material, then broader vintage riverbank, lakeshore, grassland, or wildlife observation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Western USA 8mm frame showing tall grass, green plants, and scattered rocks near calm water or shoreline. — Tall grass and rocks fill the foreground along a quiet natural bank.

Grassy Western USA shoreline with rocks and a possible small animal shape partly obscured by vegetation. — A possible small animal is partly hidden among grass and rocks near the bank.

1980 home-movie frame of calm water, grassy bank, rocks, and a tree-lined opposite shore in the Western USA. — Calm water borders a grassy, rocky bank with trees visible beyond.

Soft 8mm frame showing blue-toned water, tall grasses, rocks, and a wooded far bank in the Western USA. — Blue-toned water and tall grasses create a quiet riverside or lakeside cutaway.

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