Maine USA-1971: A View Of A Rocky Environment In The Woods

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

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A View Of A Rocky Environment In The Woods — Clip Details

MAINE USA-1971: A close-up view of a rugged, crystalline rock formation illuminated by a flashlight beam in a dark, enclosed space. The 8mm film captures the rough, jagged textures and translucent mineral surfaces with a cool blue-white glow against the surrounding darkness. The handheld camera moves slightly, revealing different angles of the geological specimen, suggesting an exploration of a cave or underground environment. The footage has a grainy, authentic quality typical of vintage home movies from the early 1970s.

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: 123063680

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 archival productions needing a brief geological or cave-like cutaway from Maine home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames offer few date-specific clues beyond the 8mm home-movie look and the supplied 1971 Maine metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld view suggests a visitor or amateur explorer pausing to inspect a crystalline rock surface in low light.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include jagged mineral surfaces, dark voids, flashlight-like illumination, bluish highlights, rough stone edges, and heavy surrounding shadow.
Film character: The clip has grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement consistent with scanned early 1970s 8mm footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, atmospheric insert, transition into cave or woods exploration, or memory beat around geology and darkness.
Historical context: The footage shows private home-movie attention to a natural rock formation, without visible people, signage, landmarks, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location access, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1971 Maine 8mm rock formation, vintage cave-like mineral close-up, dark woods geology footage, and home-movie nature insert.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1971 Maine footage, then broader vintage geology, cave, woods, or nature exploration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Maine 8mm frame showing a bluish illuminated crystalline rock surface in a dark enclosed setting. — Flashlight-like light catches jagged mineral textures in darkness.

Close 8mm view of a rough crystalline surface in Maine, lit unevenly against a dark void. — A rough rock face glows blue-white beside a deep shadowed gap.

Handheld 1971 Maine frame of jagged stone, pale mineral patches, and a dark crevice under low light. — The camera angle shifts across jagged rock and a dark crevice.

Vintage 8mm Maine frame showing crystalline rock, a shadowed ledge, and bluish reflected light. — Crystalline surfaces and shadowed ledges fill the final view.

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