Maine USA-1971: House on Stilts with Balconies and Pond

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

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House on Stilts with Balconies and Pond — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a large, two-story house on stilts nestled in a wooded area. The structure features expansive balconies and is surrounded by lush greenery and a small pond. The footage, shot through a natural frame of tree branches, shows a pile of dark stones in the foreground under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, documentary feel from the early 1970s.

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: 123062950

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Maine home-movie requests needing rural architecture, wooded residential exteriors, garden or pond cutaways, and quiet establishing material.
Period detail: The 8mm format, color response, and balcony-heavy house design support an early-1970s home-movie reading, with no visible signage or landmarks to narrow location beyond the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual visitor or family vantage point, using trees and distance rather than staging people or activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a stilted two-story house, broad balconies, white railings, trees, grass, a small pond or wet foreground, dark stone pile, and cloudy sky.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure fluctuation, cool color shift, and dark frame edges from the physical film scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural residence insert, memory beat, property cutaway, or transition between travel, family, or regional Maine sequences.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for a wooded domestic setting in Maine in 1971, emphasizing architecture and landscape rather than a documented public event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and property-related permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Maine 8mm house exterior, vintage home movie wooded residence, stilted house with balconies, garden pond cutaway, and rural 1970s property footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Maine 1971 exterior shots, then broader themes of rural homes, gardens, wooded landscapes, and 1970s domestic travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a dark mound of stones or earth with evergreen trees and a cloudy sky beyond. — Dark stone pile and trees beneath a cloudy sky.

1971 Maine home-movie frame of a large stilted house with broad balconies, surrounded by trees and reflected in water. — Stilted house with balconies beside trees and water.

1971 Maine 8mm view of the large house, showing stacked balconies, white railings, trees, and shadowed supports below. — Closer view of the house facade and balcony structure.

1971 Maine frame of the balcony-fronted house viewed through trees, with grass and a small pond or wet foreground below. — House and balconies framed by branches over a wet foreground.

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