Grand Teton Wyoming USA-1980: White Swan Dips Head in Still Pond

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationGrand Teton, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 Grand Teton Wyoming

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White Swan Dips Head in Still Pond — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Teton Wyoming USA in 1980 captures a serene pond scene with a beautiful white swan gracefully dunking its head into the still water. The swan glides across the calm surface, surrounded by lily pads and other waterfowl, with a lush green shoreline and distant mountains visible under a soft sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and natural light, offering authentic archival footage ideal for nature documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 122863507

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: Grand Teton, Wyoming, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1980s 8mm wildlife home-movie footage for editors needing a quiet pond cutaway from Grand Teton, Wyoming.
Period detail: The soft color, visible film grain, and contact-frame edges support the 1980 home-movie period noted in the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-observation feel, holding on a swan and nearby waterfowl rather than arranging a formal wildlife shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white swan, smaller dark waterfowl, calm pond water, lily pads, reeds, green shoreline, trees, and distant mountains.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with soft focus, faded color, mild exposure variation, and frame-edge artifacts from the physical scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, quiet transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway within a western landscape sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows recreationally observed wildlife in a mountain pond setting, without visible people, structures, signage, or dated public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1980s 8mm Grand Teton pond wildlife, white swan home movie, Wyoming waterfowl, and vintage nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel pond or wildlife shots, then Grand Teton or Wyoming 1980 footage, then broader 8mm mountain nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 8mm Grand Teton pond view with a white swan, small waterfowl, lily pads, reeds, trees, and distant mountains. — A white swan drifts across a still pond with lily pads and a mountain shoreline behind it.

1980 Grand Teton home-movie frame showing a white swan on still pond water with nearby ducks, lily pads, reeds, and trees. — The swan remains on the pond as smaller birds move nearby along the lily-pad edge.

1980 8mm wildlife frame from Grand Teton with a white swan bending its neck into the pond beside small waterfowl and lily pads. — The swan dips its head toward the water while small birds pass through the frame.

Grand Teton 1980 8mm frame with a white swan dunking its head in a pond, ducks nearby, lily pads in front, and reeds behind. — A white swan dunks its head into the pond as ducks move across the quiet water.

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