Western USA-1980: Mountain Range Next To A Lake With A Beach Of Grass On The

$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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Mountain Range Next To A Lake With A Beach Of Grass On The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from the Western USA in 1980, showcasing a majestic mountain range with layered rock formations rising above a calm lake. The scene features a dense forest of evergreen trees along the shoreline, with a grassy beach visible in the foreground. The bright blue sky and natural lighting suggest a sunny day, capturing the serene beauty of the American West. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a slight camera pan across the landscape, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-20th century outdoor recreation and natural scenery.

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: 122823890

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 nature requests needing archival 8mm landscape footage for documentary, education, or travel-history sequences.
Period detail: The frames show no datable signs beyond the 8mm home-movie format and supplied 1980 metadata, with a mountain lake scene filmed in bright daylight.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor-shot scenic pan, valuing the informal home-movie view of a lake, evergreen shoreline, and rocky mountain range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, grassy shore, evergreen trees, layered pale rock cliffs, forested slopes, open blue sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm resolution, visible grain, saturated outdoor color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that reads as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, geographic transition, outdoor recreation cutaway, or quiet memory beat between travel or family footage.
Historical context: The scene reflects leisure-era home-movie attention to Western mountain landscapes without showing people, vehicles, buildings, or organized events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1980 8mm Western USA mountain lake footage, evergreen shoreline home movie, or vintage scenic landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed 1980 Western USA lake or mountain footage, then with broader vintage nature travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm Western USA footage showing pale layered mountains rising behind a calm lake and dark evergreen shoreline. — Mountain range, lake, evergreen trees, and grassy shore under a clear sky.

A visitor-shot 8mm view of a Western USA mountain lake, with layered cliffs, forested shore, and blue sky. — Layered mountain cliffs rise behind the lake and evergreen shoreline.

Soft-grained 8mm frame with lake water in front, evergreens along the shore, and a pale rock mountain range beyond. — The pan brings the evergreen shoreline and grassy foreground closer in frame.

Western USA 8mm landscape frame showing shoreline brush, dark evergreens, lake water, and distant layered mountains. — Shoreline brush and evergreens frame the lake beneath distant rocky mountains.

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