Idaho USA-1972: A Zoomed Out Shot Of A Shimmering Lake With Green Grassy Hills

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Idaho

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A Zoomed Out Shot Of A Shimmering Lake With Green Grassy... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a wide, shimmering lake surrounded by dark, rolling hills. The footage, likely from Idaho, shows a rugged natural landscape with cracked, light-colored ground in the foreground and sparse green vegetation. The camera slowly zooms out, revealing the full expanse of the lake nestled in a valley. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, grainy texture, and a distinct purple color cast, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1970s home movie is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123072513

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Idaho, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief natural landscape insert, especially a remote lake or valley view in Idaho.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft focus, and purple cast support a 1970s home-movie period feel, while the landscape itself has few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler viewpoint, with the camera holding on the lake and hills while slowly widening the view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shimmering pale lake surface, dark rolling hills, sparse green shrubs, rough foreground ground, sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft contrast, slight exposure variation, and a purple color shift that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition into a rural travel, water, or western landscape sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet recreational or roadside view of a rugged lake landscape without visible people, buildings, vehicles, or signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright and location/property questions should still be checked through source documentation.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1972 Idaho 8mm lake footage, 1970s home movie western landscape, shimmering water and hills, or rural U.S. travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Idaho or 1972 landscapes, then broader 1970s home-movie water and mountain views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm home-movie frame from Idaho showing a pale lake below dark rolling hills with sparse vegetation in front. — A lake and dark hills fill the frame, with rough foreground ground and small shrubs visible.

Idaho landscape frame from 1972 8mm footage, showing a wide pale lake set between dark hills and sparse brush. — The lake appears wider as the valley walls and scrub-covered foreground come into view.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing rolling hills behind a bright, rippled lake and rough foreground terrain. — The camera holds on the lake and hills, with the foreground terrain visible below.

Final 1972 Idaho home-movie frame showing the lake, surrounding hills, sparse shrubs, and visible 8mm film edges. — The zoomed-out view shows the lake basin framed by dark hills and scrub vegetation.

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