Maine USA-1971: Bare Trees In Creek Surrounded By Stale Water On A Gloomy Day

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMaine, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Maine

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Bare Trees In Creek Surrounded By Stale Water On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a melancholic natural scene in Maine. Bare, leafless trees stand in still, murky water, their reflections distorted in the gloomy surface. The frame is bordered by dark film edges, emphasizing the authentic Super 8 aesthetic. A lone, curved log rests in the water, adding to the quiet, contemplative mood. The cool blue and green tones evoke a sense of nostalgia and isolation, characteristic of rural American landscapes from the early 1970s. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring nature and memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123062746

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
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: Maine, 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: 1970s 8mm Maine nature footage for documentary cutaways, mood inserts, environmental context, or rural memory sequences needing a quiet creek landscape.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie format, cool color shift, soft focus, and metadata-supported 1971 Maine setting rather than identifiable buildings or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie feel, lingering on a still flooded creek scene without staging, people, or directed action.
What appears in frame: Bare waterside trees, still blue water, reflected branches, a pale curved fallen log, grassy bank, dark film borders, and wooded background slopes are visible.
Film character: Soft 8mm texture, blue-green color cast, mild blur, gate edges, and uneven exposure give the short shot a physical home-movie archive character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a melancholy nature insert, seasonal transition, reflective pause, or visual memory beat between human or place-based scenes.
Historical context: As supported by the metadata, the footage places a rural Maine creek landscape in the early 1970s without making claims about a specific watershed or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any environmental identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 Maine 8mm creek, vintage home movie bare trees in water, rural New England flooded creek, and 1970s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Maine exteriors, then broader 1970s rural water, bare tree, and gloomy landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing bare trees standing in still creek water with branch reflections and a pale fallen log near the bank. — Bare trees and a curved fallen log reflect in still creek water.

1971 Maine 8mm view of leafless trees at the edge of still water, with a curved pale log and soft blue-green film color. — Leafless trees and a fallen log sit along a quiet flooded creek edge.

1971 Maine home-movie frame with soft-focus bare trees, reflected limbs, and a pale curved log in quiet creek water. — A pale curved log stands out against reflected branches in the still creek.

1971 Maine 8mm frame of a quiet creek with bare trees, tangled branch reflections, and a pale fallen log near the waterline. — Tangled bare branches mirror across blue creek water near a fallen log.

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