British Columbia USA-1981: Bumblebee And Butterfly On Sunflower

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

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Bumblebee And Butterfly On Sunflower — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 captures a bumblebee and a butterfly visiting a bright yellow sunflower in a lush green garden. The bee actively forages on the flower's center while the butterfly briefly lands on the petals, showcasing natural pollination behavior. The clip exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with soft focus, natural color saturation, and subtle grain, evoking a nostalgic, pastoral atmosphere. This authentic archival footage is ideal for nature documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 122875734

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, United States 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 8mm nature requests needing a brief pollination cutaway with a bumblebee, butterfly, sunflower, and garden foliage.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly film-era qualities and garden subjects, with the 1981 date supported by supplied clip metadata rather than objects in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, watching small garden wildlife from close range as insects move across a flower.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow sunflower, bumblebee, butterfly, green leaves, stems, buds, soft garden background, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, saturated greens and yellows, slight grain, and contact-print framing give the 8mm footage a tactile archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, seasonal transition, pollination cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a domestic or garden-scale view of insect activity, offering everyday natural detail rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright and any location or species identification should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1981 8mm garden pollination footage, bumblebee on yellow flower, butterfly on sunflower, and vintage home-movie nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1981 or British Columbia cataloged garden clips, then broader 8mm nature and pollination footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cataloged 1981 8mm frame showing a bumblebee foraging on a yellow sunflower amid dense green garden foliage. — A bumblebee rests on the center of a yellow sunflower in a leafy garden close-up.

Cataloged 1981 8mm frame with a softly focused bumblebee on a yellow sunflower against green garden foliage. — The bee remains on the sunflower as the close-up drifts into soft focus.

Cataloged 1981 8mm frame showing a bumblebee on a yellow sunflower, framed by leaves and stems in a garden setting. — A close view catches the bumblebee foraging on the sunflower head.

Cataloged 1981 8mm frame showing an orange butterfly perched on a yellow sunflower in dense green garden foliage. — An orange butterfly lands on the sunflower near the end of the clip.

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