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Western USA-1980: Pair of Ducks Swimming in Pond with Green Reeds

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  • Year1980
  • Decade1980s
  • LocationUnited States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1980 · United States
  • StatusDirect License

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Pair of Ducks Swimming in Pond with Green Reeds — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from the Western USA in 1980 captures a serene natural scene. Two ducks swim calmly across a shallow pond, their dark forms gliding through the rippling water. The pond's edge is lined with tall, vibrant green reeds and grasses under bright sunlight. The image exhibits classic 8mm film characteristics: noticeable grain, a soft focus, and a distinct vertical purple line on the left side, likely a film edge or scratch. The overall mood is peaceful and nostalgic, evoking a quiet summer day in the American West.

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
122821844

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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Topics & Keywords

  • animals
  • nature
  • outdoors
  • weather
  • wildlife
  • pair
  • ducks
  • swimming
  • pond
  • bright
  • sunny
  • day
  • western USA
  • 1980
  • 1980s home movie
  • vintage 8mm film
  • 8mm film
  • ducks swimming
  • nature footage
  • archival footage
  • old film
  • film grain
  • nostalgic
  • outdoor
  • sunny day
  • old footage
  • classic film
  • film scratch
  • film edge
  • natural light
  • shallow water
  • reeds
  • grass

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1980s Western U.S. nature cutaways, wildlife inserts, and quiet home-movie atmosphere in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail
The scene may show a 1980 home-movie view of a sunlit pond edge, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signage, or landmarks to further date or locate it.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries an unstaged amateur observation of ducks on water, framed from a nearby bank with a casual home-movie steadiness.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two ducks, shallow rippling water, bright pond reflections, reed beds, grasses, dark frame edges, and a vertical purple film line.
Film character
The footage has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, warm exposure, slight blur, dark rounded frame borders, and a prominent vertical purple line as physical-film texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a calm wildlife insert, seasonal transition, pond cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader Western U.S. home-movie scenes.
Historical context
The clip documents everyday amateur attention to local wildlife and outdoor scenery, without visible social activity or identifiable built environment.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any broader collection rights should still be confirmed before use.
Research search match
Matches searches for 1980s 8mm ducks in pond, Western U.S. home movie wildlife, vintage nature cutaway, and sunny reed-lined water scene.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Western U.S. 1980 footage, then broader home-movie nature, ponds, reeds, and waterbird scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Western U.S. 8mm frame showing two ducks on a shallow pond beside bright reeds and grasses.

Two ducks move across rippling pond water below a sunlit reed bank.

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Two ducks continue across a shallow pond in archival 8mm footage, with tall green grasses in bright sun.

A pair of ducks swims through brown-green pond water near the grassy edge.

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Western U.S. 1980 home-movie frame of ducks near the middle of a shallow pond, backed by sunlit reeds.

The ducks pass through the center of the frame as reeds fill the far bank.

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Soft 8mm frame of two ducks on a sunny reed-lined pond, with dark film borders and a purple line visible.

Two ducks remain on the pond as bright reeds and grasses stretch across the background.

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