Maine USA-1971: Dog At Pond With Sparkling Water And Reeds

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

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Dog At Pond With Sparkling Water And Reeds — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A young dog explores the edge of a tranquil pond, its fur glistening in the dappled sunlight. The water sparkles with bright reflections, while tall green reeds and ferns frame the scene. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures a quiet, nostalgic moment of nature and a pet enjoying a summer day. The image quality shows characteristic grain and soft focus, with a dark border typical of vintage home movies. The clip ends with a brief, dark frame, suggesting a pause in the recording.

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: 123063194

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 a quiet pet-and-nature cutaway, pond detail, or reflective rural summer atmosphere.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s amateur 8mm filming style, with no visible landmarks, clothing, vehicles, or built details to date the scene beyond supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes an unstaged dog moving near pond reeds, preserving the casual attention of a home-movie record rather than a composed wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include sparkling pond water, tall reeds, grassy bank, dark film gate borders, soft reflections, and a small dog partly obscured by vegetation.
Film character: The clip has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, pronounced grain, high-contrast sun glints, slight handheld framing, and dark rounded frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for summer outdoors, family pets, rural Maine, or reflective water imagery.
Historical context: The scene suggests a domestic leisure view of pondside nature and a family dog, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific property or community.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related rights should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under 1971 Maine 8mm dog by pond, vintage home movie sparkling water, reeds and pet footage, or rural summer pond cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Maine 1971 outdoor footage, then broader 1970s home-movie nature and family pet scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Maine 1971 home-movie frame of bright sun reflections on pond water with reeds along the bank and dark film borders. — Sun glints across a pond edged with tall reeds.

Maine 1971 8mm view of pond water flashing with sunlight, framed by reeds, grass, and dark home-movie edges. — Reflected sunlight flickers on the pond surface.

Maine 1971 home-movie frame with a small dog partly hidden by reeds and grass beside a pond. — A dog moves through grass and reeds at the pond edge.

Maine 1971 8mm frame showing a dog at the pond margin among reeds, with rippled water in the background. — The dog pauses near the reeds along the waterline.

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