New Zealand-1981: Black Shepherd Dog Herds Lambs in a Green Pasture

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationNew Zealand
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 New Zealand

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Black Shepherd Dog Herds Lambs in a Green Pasture — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from New Zealand in 1981 captures a black and white Border Collie herding three young lambs across a lush green pasture. The dog moves with focused precision, guiding the sheep near a wooden fence with rolling hills and evergreen trees in the background. The scene transitions to an indoor shearing demonstration where a man stands before a crowd with sheep on display, showcasing rural life. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural motion, evoking nostalgia for 1980s farm life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122836400

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1981 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: New Zealand 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

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1980s rural New Zealand requests needing concise home-movie footage of working dogs, lambs, pasture, and farm life.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1980s amateur 8mm travel or family filming, with rural fencing, open pasture, and soft color typical of home-movie stock.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the herding from a bystander viewpoint, valuing the informal timing of animals moving across a farm enclosure.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black and white herding dog, young lambs, green pasture, wooden rail fencing, evergreen trees, rolling hills, and partial visitors near the fence.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-print frame edges that add physical-film context.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, animal behavior cutaway, farm-life transition, or short memory beat in a New Zealand travel sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor-observed rural agriculture and sheep handling without enough visual evidence to identify a specific farm or community.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1981 New Zealand 8mm farm footage, Border Collie herding lambs, sheep pasture home movie, and rural animal cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel New Zealand rural scenes, then other 1981 New Zealand footage, then broader sheep farming or working-dog archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In New Zealand 1981 home-movie footage, a black and white dog moves toward lambs across a fenced green pasture with hills behind. — A herding dog closes distance on lambs near the fence line.

The dog guides a small group of lambs across a bright green New Zealand pasture bordered by a wooden rail fence. — The lambs cluster as the dog works along the open field.

A low home-movie view shows the herding dog facing lambs in the foreground of a fenced New Zealand pasture. — The dog pauses in a working stance as lambs enter the foreground.

A black and white dog stands near lambs beside a wooden fence, with partial visitors visible behind the rails in 1981 New Zealand footage. — The dog and lambs gather near the fence while visitors stand partly out of frame.

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