British Columbia USA-1981: Bees Pollinate Flowers Growing In A Field At The Base

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

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Bees Pollinate Flowers Growing In A Field At The Base — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1981 captures a serene mountain landscape in British Columbia, USA. The clip opens with a wide shot of a rugged, rocky peak under a clear blue sky, with patches of snow clinging to the slopes and a dense forest at its base. The scene transitions to close-ups of bees actively pollinating delicate white and yellow wildflowers in a sunlit meadow. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame borders of Super 8, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1980s home movie feel. The footage is ideal for nature documentaries, archival projects, or nostalgic content about outdoor life and wildlife.

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: 122878042

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: 1981 8mm nature footage suited to archive requests for mountain meadow ecology, pollinating bees, and quiet outdoor travel cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show analog home-movie color, rounded frame edges, and casual nature subjects that may reflect an early 1980s amateur travel reel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a scenic mountain view to close observation of bees among wildflowers.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky mountain peak, snow patches, conifer forest, meadow plants, white globe-like flowers, yellow blossoms, and bees.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus shifts, strong sunlight, color fade, and dark frame borders that read as original small-gauge film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, ecological cutaway, seasonal transition, or quiet memory beat within outdoor archival sequences.
Historical context: The imagery places pollinating insects and alpine or mountain meadow vegetation within a personal travel-film context, without showing people or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location accuracy, and any species identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1981 8mm mountain meadow bees, vintage home movie pollination flowers, and Super 8 alpine wildflowers.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with footage from the same listed location and year, then with broader 1980s nature and pollinator scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1981 8mm frame of a rugged mountain slope with snow patches, forest at the base, and meadow vegetation in the foreground. — A rocky mountain peak rises above forest and meadow growth.

Close 8mm view of bees moving among clustered pale wildflowers in a sunlit meadow setting. — Bees pollinate clustered pale flowers in the grass.

Vintage close-up showing bees on rounded pale flower heads with surrounding meadow stems and grasses. — A tight meadow close-up shows bees among pale flower heads.

Close 8mm frame of bees visiting pale clustered flowers beside yellow wildflowers, green leaves, and a small purple bloom. — Bees feed among pale and yellow wildflowers in a meadow close-up.

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