California USA-1971: Donkey Walks in Field and Lakeside View

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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Donkey Walks in Field and Lakeside View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a gray donkey walking toward the camera in a sun-drenched field, its large ears perked and eyes focused. The scene transitions to a tranquil lake framed by tree branches, with white birds floating on the water under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic 1970s American countryside memory. The sequence offers authentic archival material for documentaries, editorial 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: 123053690

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 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: California, 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 1970s California home-movie requests needing rural animal footage, quiet waterside scenery, or non-urban nature cutaways for documentary and editorial edits.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, soft focus, and casual outdoor filming that supports the 1971 home-movie context without showing identifiable landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer quality, first watching a donkey approach and then shifting to a calm lakeside view framed from shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a gray donkey, dry field, dark tree trunks, blue lake water, shoreline grass, distant trees, white birds, and clear sky.
Film character: The clip carries physical 8mm texture through visible grain, slight softness, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that reads as authentic home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural animal insert, a calm nature transition, or a brief memory beat between broader 1970s California scenes.
Historical context: The images suggest everyday leisure or countryside filming in California, showing animal and lakeside views rather than a public event or named location.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 California 8mm donkey footage, vintage home movie lakeside birds, rural animal field clip, and 1970s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 California outdoor footage, then broader rural animal, lake, and home-movie nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Gray donkey approaches through a dry California field in 1971 home-movie footage, framed with soft 8mm focus. — A gray donkey walks toward the camera in an open field.

Close 1971 California 8mm view of a gray donkey beside an open field, with its face and ears partly cropped by the frame. — The donkey moves close to the camera, partly cropped at the right edge.

California lakeside scene from 1971 home-movie footage, with dark tree trunks, blue water, grass, distant trees, and white birds. — A blue lake is framed by shoreline trees, with white birds visible on the water.

Wide 1971 California 8mm lakeside view showing blue water, a grassy far bank, scattered trees, and white birds near the shore. — The clip ends on a wide, steady view across the lake toward birds and distant trees.

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