Maine USA-1971: Marshy Field with Pond, Trees, and Blue Sky

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

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Marshy Field with Pond, Trees, and Blue Sky — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A serene 8mm home movie view from a moving vehicle captures a lush, marshy field under a bright blue sky. Tall evergreen trees line the horizon, with a small pond and reeds in the foreground. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering a nostalgic glimpse of rural American nature from the early 1970s. The final frame shows a blurry, abstract pattern of light, likely a lens flare or focus shift, adding to the authentic vintage feel.

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: 123063260

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s U.S. nature or rural Northeast establishing shots, especially documentary inserts needing marsh, pond, evergreen forest, and home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color look and 1971 Maine metadata support an early 1970s setting, while the visible landscape itself has few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip appears to be an unstaged home-movie view from a moving or handheld vantage point, lingering briefly on wetland grass, pond water, and trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a marshy pond edge, reeds, green grass, evergreen trees, blue sky, fence-like rails, dark film borders, and a final abstract bright blur.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, gate edges, slight motion blur, and exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural nature cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or brief visual pause between family or road-trip scenes.
Historical context: The view documents a quiet Maine wetland or forest-edge landscape as seen through personal 8mm filming rather than a formal scenic survey.
Research note: No people, logos, audible music, or clear private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or property concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Maine 8mm marsh footage, Super 8 forest pond cutaway, vintage home movie wetland, and rural New England nature scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1971 Maine outdoor scenes, then broader 1970s rural nature or wetland material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a marshy pond edge, reeds, grass, and evergreen trees beneath a bright blue sky. — Marsh grass, pond water, and evergreens fill the opening view.

1971 Maine home-movie frame with a wetland foreground, evergreen tree line, blue sky, and heavy dark gate edges. — A moving or handheld view frames the marsh and forest through dark film edges.

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing reeds, water, grassy ground, and tall evergreens in a rural outdoor landscape. — The camera continues across reeds, pond water, and a forested horizon.

Final 8mm frame shifts into an unfocused abstract pattern of bright light spots and dark vertical shapes. — The clip ends on a blurred, abstract frame rather than a clear landscape view.

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