New Zealand-1982: Old Large Body Of Water And Tall Mountains

$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.

Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationNew Zealand
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 New Zealand

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

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Old Large Body Of Water And Tall Mountains — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from New Zealand in 1982, capturing a serene lakeside landscape through a window frame. The clip features a large body of water in the foreground with gentle ripples, surrounded by lush green hills and towering mountains under a partly cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, natural color fading, and visible grain, with subtle camera movement suggesting a handheld recording. The scene evokes a nostalgic, peaceful atmosphere, ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122843032

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: 1982 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for early 1980s New Zealand home-movie landscape footage for documentary inserts, travel context, nature sequences, or reflective archive transitions.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1982 visitor view of New Zealand lake and mountain scenery, with era clues coming mainly from the 8mm home-movie format and color response.
Home-movie behavior: The framing has an unstaged traveler perspective, holding briefly on water, wooded shoreline, hills, and mountains from a moving or handheld vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled water, dark shoreline trees, green hills, steep mountain ridges, cloudy sky, distant settlement traces, and film gate borders.
Film character: The scan carries physical 8mm texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight weave, muted color, and uneven exposure across the contact-sheet frames.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, journey transition, regional establishing insert, or quiet memory beat within a travel or family-history sequence.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for leisure travel and landscape observation in New Zealand without documenting a named landmark or specific public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property concerns for their use case.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1982 New Zealand 8mm lake mountains, vintage home movie water and hills, and Super 8 scenic travel landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1982 New Zealand lake or mountain views, then broader vintage travel and waterside landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1982 New Zealand 8mm frame showing rippled water, wooded shoreline, green hills, and a broad mountain ridge under pale cloud. — Lake or broad water foreground with hills and mountains beyond.

1982 New Zealand 8mm frame with water in the foreground, a wooded shore, green slopes, and blue-gray mountains in soft focus. — Wooded shoreline and mountain slopes seen across the water.

1982 New Zealand 8mm frame looking across darker water toward a distant shoreline, hills, and low clouds over mountain forms. — Distant lakeside shoreline under heavy cloud.

1982 New Zealand 8mm frame showing open water, a dark island or peninsula, distant hills, and a sunlit slope beneath layered cloud. — Open water with a dark landform and brighter hillside beyond.

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