Canada-1979: Bison Calf Resting In Grassy Pasture

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Canada

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Bison Calf Resting In Grassy Pasture — Clip Details

A young bison calf with thick brown fur rests in a sun-drenched grassy field, its dark eyes gazing calmly at the camera. The 8mm home movie footage, shot in Canada in 1979, captures the calf lying low in tall green grass, with other bison visible in the background. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene transitions from a close-up of the calf to a wider view showing the herd resting peacefully in the open pasture, conveying a serene moment in the wild.

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: 123085632

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Canadian wildlife or prairie pasture sequences needing quiet 8mm home-movie views of a bison calf and resting herd.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, soft focus, and handheld framing; the 1979 Canada setting is supported by supplied metadata rather than landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational visitor-shot feel, lingering on a young bison at rest before widening to include more of the herd in the grass.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown bison calf, tall green grass, adult bison lying in the background, open pasture, sunlight, and soft film edges.
Film character: Warm faded color, visible grain, slight softness, and steady but informal framing give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, pastoral insert, calm transition, or memory beat within a nature, travel, or archive montage.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet bison herd moment in open Canadian grassland as recorded by a home-movie camera, without visible people or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, source permissions, and any location-specific wildlife filming requirements.
Research search match: Good match for searches such as 1979 Canada 8mm bison calf, vintage home movie wildlife, resting bison herd, and prairie pasture archive footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel wildlife scenes, then other Canada 1979 footage, then broader 1970s 8mm animal or grassland pasture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Canadian 8mm frame showing a brown bison calf lying low in tall green grass and facing the camera. — A young bison calf rests in tall grass, framed close by the home-movie camera.

The calf remains low in the grass as the camera holds on the quiet pasture scene.

Wider 1979 Canadian pasture view with a bison calf in front and darker adult bison resting in the background. — The frame opens to show the calf with resting adult bison farther back in the grass.

A wider 8mm view of several bison resting across a grassy Canadian pasture, with a calf near the lower foreground. — Several bison rest across the open grass while the calf remains visible near the front of the frame.

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