Alaska USA-1977: A Rock Slide Destroys Multiple Houses And Kills Some People

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 Alaska

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A Rock Slide Destroys Multiple Houses And Kills Some People — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A devastating rock slide has obliterated a wooden structure, leaving behind a chaotic pile of splintered beams and debris. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the aftermath with a distinct purple and blue color cast, likely from film degradation. The scene is set in a dense forest, with tree trunks and foliage visible amidst the wreckage. The camera remains mostly static, offering a somber, unfiltered view of the destruction. This raw, archival home movie footage provides a haunting glimpse into a natural disaster, evoking a sense of loss and the power of nature.

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: 123079897

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 1785 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-02
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1977 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: Alaska, 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: 1970s Alaska disaster aftermath footage suited for documentary inserts about rock slides, rural hazards, damaged structures, or natural-force destruction.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s home-movie documentation of timber wreckage in a wooded Alaska setting, with no visible signage, vehicles, or clothing to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged value of a bystander quietly recording damage after the event rather than a news crew staging coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include splintered wooden beams, collapsed boards, tree trunks, foliage, forest shade, debris piles, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries heavy grain, soft focus, high contrast, and a purple-blue color shift that give the aftermath a raw physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief aftermath insert, disaster cutaway, transition from narration to evidence, or somber memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually places structural wreckage within a forested landscape, supporting broad context about remote or wooded-area vulnerability without identifying a specific site.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable signs are visible, but disaster subject matter and possible structure remnants still call for copyright and property-context review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s Alaska rock slide aftermath, 8mm disaster debris, home movie collapsed wooden structure, and forest landslide damage footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1977 Alaska material, then broader rock slide, forest damage, or natural disaster aftermath clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing splintered wood, debris, and surrounding trees after a reported rock slide. — Splintered boards and forest growth fill the first view of the damaged structure.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing a closer view of collapsed timber and scattered debris in a wooded setting. — Broken boards and debris remain piled against the surrounding forest growth.

1977 Alaska home-movie frame with motion blur across wreckage, trees, and scattered boards after the reported slide. — A blurred pan or camera shift passes over debris and trunks near the wreckage.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing scattered structural debris and forest floor in the rock slide aftermath. — The final frame holds on scattered debris and wooded ground around the destroyed structure.

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