Alaska USA-1977: Tlingit Ceremonial Canoe With Red Purple And White Carvings

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

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Tlingit Ceremonial Canoe With Red Purple And White Carvings — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a 50-foot ceremonial canoe, the 'Te Kot Keh Yasot' (Everybody's Canoe), dedicated to Tlingit heritage. The clip features close-up views of the intricately carved and painted wooden vessel, showcasing bold red, purple, and white designs against a white hull. The canoe rests on dry land, with mountains visible in the background, and the footage exhibits classic 8mm film grain and color shifts. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into Alaskan Native American culture and craftsmanship.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 123084494

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: 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 8mm footage for productions needing a close archival cutaway of a Tlingit ceremonial canoe or Indigenous Northwest Coast-style carving detail.
Period detail: The frame may show a 1977 visitor-shot view of a painted wooden canoe displayed outdoors, with snow, utility lines and distant mountains suggesting an Alaska setting.
Home-movie behavior: The short clip holds close on the canoe surface from a home-movie perspective, valuing texture, color and placement more than a staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white canoe hull, red and purple painted forms, carved animal-like details, dark support rails, snow, bare trees, cables and mountains.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, scratches, exposure variation and purple color shift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a detail insert, transition beat or cultural object cutaway within a sequence about Alaska, Native craftsmanship or 1970s travel.
Historical context: The footage documents a canoe displayed on land and should be treated as a visual record of a cultural object rather than proof of ceremony or use.
Research note: No people, logos or audible music are indicated, but copyright, cultural permissions and any site or object identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1977 Alaska 8mm Tlingit canoe, ceremonial canoe close-up, Native Alaskan carved boat and vintage home movie canoe display.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska footage, then broader clips of Indigenous craft, carved boats or museum-style outdoor displays.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing part of a white ceremonial canoe with red and purple painted forms, snow and railing behind it. — Close detail of the canoe's painted side with snow and railings in the background.

1977 Alaska home-movie frame showing the middle section of a painted canoe on land, with snow, trees and a dark support rail visible. — Middle section of the canoe with painted motifs and winter ground behind it.

1977 Alaska frame showing a close crop of the canoe's painted side, including red and purple geometric forms on a light hull. — Painted side detail of the canoe resting on a dark support structure.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing the carved and painted end of a ceremonial canoe, with mountains faintly visible behind it. — Canoe end detail with bold painted forms and distant mountains in the background.

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