Maine USA-1971: Horse And Foal Nuzzle Through Fence In Grassy Field

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

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Horse And Foal Nuzzle Through Fence In Grassy Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a tender moment between a dark brown horse and a light brown foal in a grassy field in Maine. The pair nuzzle and interact gently through a wire fence, surrounded by evergreen trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse into rural life. The scene conveys calm affection and the bond between the animals, viewed through a dark frame suggesting a window or screen. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123063054

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: 1971 Maine 8mm home-movie footage for rural animal life, farm-adjacent cutaways, or gentle documentary memory beats involving a horse and foal.
Period detail: The grassy fenced field, evergreen backdrop, soft color, and 8mm scan texture support the stated 1971 rural Maine home-movie context without showing identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged animal interaction as a dark horse and light foal approach and nuzzle through a wire fence from a casual observer's viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark brown horse, light brown foal, wire fence, green pasture, rocks, evergreen trees, white fence markers, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, visible 8mm grain, cool color cast, natural exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a tender cutaway, pastoral transition, animal-behavior insert, or quiet memory beat within rural family or nature sequences.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for everyday rural animal keeping in early 1970s Maine, limited to what is visible in the field and fence setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1971 Maine 8mm horse and foal, vintage home movie rural animals, horse nuzzling foal through fence, and pastoral Super 8 animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Maine 1971 rural footage, then broader 1970s home-movie animal or pasture scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a dark brown horse and light brown foal nuzzling across a wire fence in a green pasture. — A horse and foal meet nose to nose through the field fence.

1971 Maine 8mm frame with a foal in pasture and a dark horse partly visible near the edge of the fenced field. — The foal turns away as the adult horse remains near the fence line.

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing the adult horse and foal close together across a wire fence, surrounded by pasture and trees. — The animals return to a close, gentle contact at the fence.

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing the foal moving across the grassy field as the adult horse stays partly visible near the frame edge. — The foal steps back into the pasture after the fence-side contact.

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