Western USA-1980: Large Grey Mottled Fish Swimming On Riverbed

$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.

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Large Grey Mottled Fish Swimming On Riverbed — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from the Western USA in 1980 captures a large grey mottled fish swimming slowly over a riverbed. The fish, with distinct fins, glides through murky water filled with submerged vegetation and debris. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, characteristic of amateur 1980s home movies. The scene offers a nostalgic glimpse into natural wildlife, with the fish moving calmly across the frame, its body partially obscured by the water's murkiness and the film's aged quality. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 122823638

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 requests needing 1980s 8mm wildlife or underwater nature footage from the western United States for documentary inserts, educational sequences, or archival environmental cutaways.
Period detail: The frames may show 1980-era amateur nature filming, with soft 8mm color, murky water, and no visible modern objects to refine the date beyond the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet value of an unstaged home-movie observation, watching a fish move through shallow water rather than presenting a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large mottled fish, submerged branches, riverbed vegetation, murky water, dark frame edges, and uneven exposure across the contact sheet.
Film character: The footage carries a soft 8mm texture with grain, muted color, low contrast, and slight exposure variation that support its home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, environmental insert, reflective transition, or brief memory beat within a sequence about rivers, fishing, wildlife, or regional travel.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for amateur outdoor observation in the United States, focused on aquatic wildlife rather than identifiable people, property, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the provided frames, but copyright, source ownership, and any needed location or species identification should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1980 8mm fish footage, western USA riverbed wildlife, murky underwater home movie, large mottled fish swimming, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1980 western USA nature footage, then broader archival clips of rivers, lakebeds, fish, and outdoor wildlife.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 western United States 8mm frame showing a large mottled fish moving through murky water over branches and riverbed growth. — A mottled fish is partly obscured as it moves through cloudy water near submerged branches.

1980 western United States 8mm frame with a grey mottled fish passing through cloudy water over a faint riverbed. — The fish remains visible through murky water, with branches and vegetation crossing the riverbed.

Dark 8mm frame from the same clip with heavy underexposure and only faint blue-black shapes visible. — The contact sheet includes a heavily underexposed frame with little visible detail.

Dark blue 8mm frame that appears to show a dim shoreline or treeline with water or land in the foreground. — A blue-toned dark frame shows faint outdoor silhouettes, possibly shoreline or vegetation.

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