British Columbia Canada-1981: Tree Marked for Logging with Dead Stump

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Year1981
Decade1980s
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1981 British Columbia

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Tree Marked for Logging with Dead Stump — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from British Columbia, Canada, in 1981, showing a rugged mountain landscape with a prominent dead tree stump against a blue sky. The clip transitions to a pine tree marked with a bright yellow stripe, likely indicating it's slated for logging, with charred ground and other trees in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural light, capturing a moment of environmental change in a forested area.

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: 122871230

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 1795 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: august,VII-8
Reel-level year note: 1981
Reel-level location note: hooper lake, british columbia
Date: 1981 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: British Columbia, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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 archival edits needing home-movie forest footage, tree marking, logging context, or rugged mountain landscape cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color, handheld framing, and 1981 metadata support an early-1980s home-movie view of forest terrain, though no dated signage is visible.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes trees and ground conditions from a casual outdoor visitor perspective, lingering on a dead stump and a marked pine rather than staging an action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dead tree stump, pine trunks, a yellow trunk mark, rocky ground, charred-looking forest floor, branches, distant ridges, and blue sky.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild color fading, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that preserve the texture of a scanned home movie.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, environmental insert, or memory beat around forestry, land use, wilderness travel, or tree removal.
Historical context: The marked trunk and burned-looking ground may suggest forest management or logging preparation, but the frames do not confirm who marked it or why.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, land access, and any property or environmental-use context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1981 8mm forest footage, marked tree home movie, vintage logging cutaway, British Columbia forest, and dead stump mountain landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1981 British Columbia or regional forest material, then with broader tree marking, logging, or landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm frame of a dead tree stump in a forested mountain setting, with ridges, trees, and blue sky visible. — A weathered dead stump stands on rocky ground above a distant mountain landscape.

Pine tree marked with a yellow stripe in a rocky forest area, with charred-looking ground and other trunks nearby. — A pine trunk with a bright yellow mark stands among rocks and sparse forest floor.

Handheld 8mm view of a yellow-marked pine trunk on sloped rocky ground, with surrounding trees and pale sky. — The camera holds close to the marked trunk with rocky forest terrain behind it.

Marked pine trunk rises through the frame with overhead branches, nearby trees, and a sloping forest floor in the background. — A yellow-marked pine trunk fills the frame as branches cross the sky above.

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