Grand Teton Wyoming USA-1980: Swan and Duck Gliding on Pond

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

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Swan and Duck Gliding on Pond — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Grand Teton Wyoming USA in 1980 captures a serene pond scene with a white swan gliding across the water, its reflection shimmering on the surface. In the background, a smaller duck swims, leaving a gentle wake. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The natural setting and calm wildlife activity create a peaceful, timeless moment from the 1980s.

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: 122863544

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 suited for documentary inserts, nature cutaways, or archival sequences needing calm pond birds in Grand Teton, Wyoming.
Period detail: The frames show no built environment or date-specific objects, so the 1980 setting is supported by clip metadata rather than visible period detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing a swan and smaller waterfowl from across a pond without narration, posing, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white swan, smaller ducks or waterfowl, reflective pond water, soft tree reflections, wake trails, film-frame borders, and mild blur.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm-muted color, slight exposure bloom on the swan, and contact-sheet frame edges that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, transitional nature insert, or reflective memory beat within a travel, park, or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents leisure-time observation of pond wildlife in a national-park setting, with no visible people, vehicles, buildings, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed separately from likeness or brand concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1980s 8mm swan pond footage, Grand Teton wildlife home movie, vintage Wyoming waterfowl, and archival duck pond cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Grand Teton material, then other 1980 Wyoming nature footage, then broader vintage wildlife or serene pond scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame showing a white swan on reflective pond water, with a smaller waterfowl leaving a wake behind it. — A white swan moves across still pond water as a smaller bird swims in the distance.

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame with a white swan moving right across a pond while a smaller duck-like bird swims behind it. — The swan glides through reflective water, with a distant bird cutting a narrow wake.

A closer swan profile fills the pond scene while background waterfowl remains near the edge.

1980 Grand Teton 8mm frame showing a white swan crossing dark, reflective pond water against blurred vertical tree reflections. — The swan continues across the pond, its bright body reflected beneath the soft tree shapes.

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