Maine USA-1971: Woman Operates Historic Cannon in Forest

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

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Woman Operates Historic Cannon in Forest — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A woman in a vibrant patterned jacket and sunglasses operates a large, vintage cannon mounted on a stone base in a wooded area. The scene, shot on 8mm film, captures her adjusting the cannon's mechanism with focused attention. The final frame reveals the cannon's wooden shelter with a sign reading 'OLD ABE VOLCANO CANNON,' confirming the location. The footage features natural lighting, film grain, and a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the early 1970s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123063619

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Supports 1970s archival requests for visitor-shot footage of historic roadside or park attractions in Maine, useful for documentary inserts or period travel sequences.
Period detail: The patterned jacket, sunglasses, 8mm color stock, and rustic cannon shelter may show early 1970s leisure travel and local-history display culture.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the informal visitor perspective as a woman handles the cannon mechanism and a companion approaches the shelter without staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large cannon on a stone base, wooded surroundings, a woman in sunglasses, a rustic shelter, a stone building wall, and a sign naming Old Abe Volcano Cannon.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, handheld framing, uneven exposure, and saturated outdoor color that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for historic attractions, Maine travel, or amateur documentation of public heritage displays.
Historical context: The scene documents visitors interacting with a preserved cannon display, reflecting how local history was encountered through informal travel footage.
Research note: Faces are visible and a named sign appears, so copyright, likeness, location, and signage questions should be reviewed separately before reuse.
Research search match: Researcher matches include 1971 Maine home movie cannon, 8mm historic cannon display, Old Abe Volcano Cannon footage, and 1970s roadside attraction film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Maine 1971 travel footage, then broader clips of historic weapons, roadside attractions, or park displays.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Maine 1971 home-movie footage, a woman in a patterned jacket stands near a large cannon on a stone base among trees. — A visitor stands beside the cannon in a wooded outdoor setting.

The woman appears to operate the rear mechanism of the cannon, with trees and a small mounted box visible in the background. — The visitor handles the cannon mechanism while standing beside the barrel.

A closer 8mm frame shows the woman in sunglasses beside the cannon barrel, with the forested setting filling the background. — A closer view emphasizes the cannon barrel and the visitor's focused handling.

A man approaches the rustic shelter marked Old Abe Volcano Cannon beside a stone building wall in Maine 1971 footage. — The shelter sign identifies the cannon display as Old Abe Volcano Cannon.

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