Western USA-1980: A Peaceful And Beautiful View Of Mountain River Tree

$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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A Peaceful And Beautiful View Of Mountain River Tree — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from the Western USA in 1980, capturing a serene mountain lake landscape. The clip opens with a bright daytime view of a calm lake reflecting a clear sky, with a prominent layered mountain range in the background and a tree-lined shore. The scene transitions to a dark, twilight view of the same mountain, now silhouetted against a deep purple night sky. The final frames show the mountain under a vibrant purple sky, highlighting the natural beauty and changing light conditions. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical presentations.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122823835

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: Archival 1980s Western USA 8mm landscape footage suited for documentary inserts, regional nature sequences, travel memory beats, or scenic transitions.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1980-era home-movie view of a mountain lake, with period clues mainly in the 8mm color response, grain, and casual scenic framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler perspective, lingering on a lake, tree line, and mountain as light shifts from bright day toward a purple evening sky.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad lake surface, layered mountain ridge, forested shore, grassy bank, tree branches, clear blue sky, and purple twilight sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, visible grain, soft focus, exposure shifts, and contact-sheet frame edges that give the landscape archival physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, quiet location insert, day-to-evening transition, or reflective memory beat in a Western USA travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a leisure-view landscape from a home-movie perspective, emphasizing lake and mountain scenery rather than identifiable public events or people.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location-based permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980 Western USA 8mm mountain lake, vintage home movie lake shore, purple sky mountain footage, and archival scenic landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Western USA 1980 lake or mountain material, then with broader vintage nature and travel scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Western USA 8mm frame showing a calm mountain lake, forested shoreline, grassy bank, and layered ridge in bright daylight. — Daylight view across a lake toward a tree-lined shore and layered mountain ridge.

1980 Western USA 8mm frame with a lake in the foreground, dark tree line, layered mountain ridge, and branches along the right edge. — Wide lake view with forest, mountain ridge, and trees at the edge of the frame.

Twilight 8mm frame from the 1980 Western USA footage showing a mountain and shoreline darkened against a deep purple sky. — Mountain and shore fall into silhouette beneath a saturated purple evening sky.

1980 Western USA 8mm frame showing a mountain ridge, forested shore, lake surface, and vivid purple evening sky. — Evening view of the mountain ridge across the lake under a vivid purple sky.

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