Maine USA-1971: Crocodile In Pond Among Reeds

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

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Crocodile In Pond Among Reeds — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a crocodile partially submerged in a pond, its head and eyes visible above the water among tall green reeds. The footage, shot from a fixed perspective, shows the reptile in its natural habitat, with the water's surface reflecting the surrounding vegetation. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a sense of 1970s Americana and archival wildlife observation. This authentic, unscripted moment offers a rare glimpse into a wild animal's environment, perfect for documentaries, nature studies, or nostalgic content.

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: 123063149

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s 8mm wildlife or nature-study requests needing a brief pond reptile cutaway from Maine home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames mainly show reeds, dark pond water, and saturated 8mm color, with few visible era clues beyond the supplied 1971 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The fixed observational framing gives the clip the value of an unstaged home-movie wildlife sighting rather than a staged nature sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a partially submerged reptile head, reflective dark water, upright green reeds, floating stems, soft focus, and black film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, strong blue-green color, slight softness, and contact-sheet frame edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, pond cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1970s nature or travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a small-scale encounter with wetland wildlife as seen through a home-movie camera, without visible people or built surroundings.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and any copyright or location permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Maine 8mm pond wildlife, crocodile or alligator among reeds, vintage home movie reptile, and 1970s nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other Maine 1971 nature scenes, then broader 1970s home-movie wildlife or pond material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a partially submerged reptile in dark pond water among tall green reeds. — A small reptile head breaks the water surface among reeds.

1971 Maine 8mm view of reeds and reflective pond water with a small reptile head partly concealed near the bottom. — The reptile remains low in the water beneath upright reeds.

1971 Maine 8mm frame with green reeds, dark rippled water, and a reptile head visible near the lower-right edge. — Reeds and floating stems surround the reptile at the pond surface.

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing the reptile head near the lower right, partly obscured by reeds and water reflections. — The reptile surfaces briefly among reeds and reflected vegetation.

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