Maine USA-1971: Dog Standing at Pond's Edge Surrounded by Reeds

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

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Dog Standing at Pond's Edge Surrounded by Reeds — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a dog standing at the edge of a calm pond in Maine. Tall green reeds and grasses frame the water's edge, with the dog partially obscured by vegetation. The scene is bathed in natural light, showing the reflective surface of the water and the film's characteristic grain and color saturation. The final frame shifts to a close-up of reeds shimmering in the sunlight, creating a sparkling, abstract pattern. This archival footage evokes a quiet, nostalgic moment of rural Americana.

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: 123063208

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 Maine home-movie requests needing a quiet rural nature cutaway with a dog beside pond reeds.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft focus, and handheld framing support an early 1970s home-movie reading, with no visible modern objects for comparison.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a dog pausing near the waterline, then turns attention to reeds and bright reflections as an unstaged outdoor memory.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a light-colored dog, pond water, tall reeds, grasses, shoreline vegetation, sun glitter, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, visible grain, slight blur, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, rural memory beat, animal cutaway, or reflective transition into water and light imagery.
Historical context: The scene documents leisure-era home-movie attention to pets and local landscape rather than a public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private structures are visible, but copyright and any location/property questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Maine 8mm home movie dog by pond, rural reeds, reflective water, and vintage nature cutaway footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Maine 1971 outdoor scenes, then broader home-movie pets, ponds, and reed-lined water imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1971 Maine home-movie footage, a light-colored dog stands partly hidden by reeds beside calm pond water. — Dog paused in shoreline reeds beside a pond.

A dog stands near the waterline in a Maine pond scene, partially hidden by tall grasses and reeds. — Dog partly concealed by reeds at the pond edge.

Close view of reeds and sparkling water reflections in 1971 Maine 8mm home-movie footage. — Reeds and bright reflections shimmer across the pond surface.

The frame settles on abstract pond reflections and upright reeds, with strong sun sparkle on the water. — Close-up of pond reeds and glittering sunlight on water.

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