Alaska USA-1977: Totem Pole In Forested Land Overlooking Bay With Islands And

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

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Totem Pole In Forested Land Overlooking Bay With Islands And — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a traditional Native American totem pole standing in a forested area overlooking a calm bay. The pole, painted in deep blues and reds with prominent eye motifs, is framed by evergreen trees. In the background, a misty shoreline with small islands stretches across the water under an overcast sky. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera movement, conveying a quiet, contemplative mood of the Alaskan wilderness.

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: 123084695

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Alaska 8mm footage for productions needing a coastal travel, Indigenous cultural object, or wilderness establishing cutaway with cautious archival context.
Period detail: The faded color, 8mm contact-sheet look, and visitor framing support a 1977 home-movie view, while the totem pole and bay setting reflect the Alaska location in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on a carved pole and then the surrounding bay rather than staging action or formal documentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a painted totem pole, evergreen branches, calm bay water, distant islands, forested shoreline, blue-gray mountains, and a small boat.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color shift toward blues and purples, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability typical of aged 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, contemplative transition, or memory beat between Alaska travel, coastal landscape, and cultural-site material.
Historical context: The footage visually places a carved Indigenous-style pole in a coastal Alaska visitor setting, but it does not identify the community, maker, site, or cultural meaning.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, site permissions, and cultural representation should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s Alaska 8mm totem pole, vintage home movie bay islands, Alaska coastal landscape, and Native Northwest-style carved pole footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska coastal material, then broader archive footage of totem poles, bays, islands, and travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska 8mm frame of a painted totem pole in trees above a calm bay with low islands in the distance. — A painted totem pole stands near evergreen branches above a misty bay.

1977 Alaska home-movie frame showing a totem pole partly framed by trees, with water and small islands beyond. — The camera holds on the carved pole with the bay and islands visible through trees.

Soft 8mm frame from Alaska in 1977, with the totem pole at left and a pale bay stretching toward wooded islands. — A darker exposure places the pole at the left edge against the coastal view.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame looking across calm water toward blue-gray mountains, with a small boat visible on the bay. — The final frame shifts from the pole to the open bay and mountain backdrop.

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