Canada-1979: Mountain Lake View Transitioning to Bison Calf Close-Up

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Canada

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Mountain Lake View Transitioning to Bison Calf Close-Up — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a serene Canadian landscape. The clip opens with a wide view of a calm lake reflecting rugged mountains under an overcast sky, with a tree-lined shore in the foreground. The scene transitions to a close-up of a young bison calf in tall grass, its dark eyes and shaggy brown fur filling the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, muted colors, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of 1970s nature footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123085624

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 1792 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-09,1
Reel-level year note: 1979
Reel-level location note: canada
Date: 1979 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: Canada 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for requests needing 1970s Canadian nature or travel home-movie footage for documentary inserts, education programs, or archival landscape-to-wildlife transitions.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1970s amateur travel filming, with no visible modern structures, signage, vehicles, or clothing to further date the mountain lake or bison calf scenes.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering on a scenic lake view before cutting to a close wildlife encounter with a young bison in grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, rugged mountains, tree-lined shore, overcast sky, film frame edges, tall grass, and a close bison calf.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and visible frame borders that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature cutaway, travel-memory beat, scenic opener, or transition from broad Canadian landscape to wildlife detail.
Historical context: The scenes suggest recreational nature observation in Canada during the 1970s, without visible markers tying the footage to a specific park, landmark, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any wildlife-location requirements separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1979 Canada 8mm mountain lake, vintage home movie bison calf, 1970s Canadian wildlife footage, and archival lake landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Canada 1979 nature footage, then broader mountain lake, wildlife, or bison calf home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 8mm home-movie view of a calm Canadian lake beneath rugged mountains, with trees along the shore and dark film borders. — A calm mountain lake and tree-lined shore appear under an overcast sky.

Canadian mountain lake scene on 8mm film, showing still water, forested shoreline, rugged peaks, and cloudy light. — The lake view continues, framed by mountains and shoreline trees.

1979 Canadian 8mm landscape frame with a broad lake, dark wooded shoreline, distant mountains, and overcast sky. — A broad lake and distant mountains fill the frame before the wildlife close-up.

Close 1979 8mm home-movie view of a young bison calf in tall grass, with shaggy brown fur and one dark eye near the camera. — A young bison calf stands close to the camera among tall grass.

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