British Columbia USA-1981: Layered Rock Formation With White Strata And Insect

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

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Layered Rock Formation With White Strata And Insect — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from 1981 captures a rugged, layered rock formation in British Columbia, USA. The clip opens with a close-up of fractured white and gray stone slabs, their surfaces weathered and textured, with a small insect briefly crawling across the rock. The camera then pans upward to reveal a vast, sloping cliff face composed of distinct horizontal strata under a clear blue sky. The natural lighting highlights the geological layers, creating a sense of depth and time. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This raw, unscripted nature footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 122876051

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1981 8mm nature footage useful for geology, landscape, or archival travel inserts needing close rock texture and layered cliff detail.
Period detail: The footage may show early-1980s amateur filming through its handheld framing, 8mm contact-frame edges, saturated sky, and grainy color rendering.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the rock surface at close range before tilting toward the wider formation, preserving an unstaged visitor's observation of texture and scale.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale fractured stone slabs, darker rubble, horizontal rock strata, a sloped cliff face, blue sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries a home-movie 8mm look with soft focus shifts, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld movement that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a geological cutaway, nature insert, transition from detail to landscape, or quiet memory beat within travel or environmental sequences.
Historical context: The footage presents a personal record of a rocky outdoor formation rather than a documented landmark or event, so broader geological context would need separate research.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any land-access or property questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1981 8mm rock formation, British Columbia layered strata, vintage home movie geology, and archival cliff face footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1981 British Columbia outdoor footage, then broader vintage geology, rock strata, and landscape cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm frame showing pale, weathered rock slabs and surrounding darker rubble in the British Columbia location metadata. — Close-up of fractured pale stone with surrounding rubble in a rocky outdoor setting.

Close 8mm view of flat pale stone, rough surface markings, and darker rocks at the top edge of the frame. — A tight view emphasizes the pale rock surface and weathered texture.

Handheld 8mm frame of pale layered rock, broken edges, and scattered darker stones in an outdoor rocky area. — The camera holds on the fractured stone surface before the wider cliff view.

Wide 1981 8mm view of a sloped rock formation with horizontal strata and blue sky above, based on supplied location metadata. — A wider view reveals the sloping cliff face and distinct horizontal strata.

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