Canada-1979: Continental Divide Sign Between Banff And Kootenay National Parks

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Canada

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Continental Divide Sign Between Banff And Kootenay... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures the Continental Divide marker at the border between Banff National Park in Alberta and Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. The sign, set against a dense forest with a distinct purple color cast, indicates an altitude of 5382 feet and shows water flowing to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The footage features classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage of a historic Canadian landmark.

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: 123086309

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: Yes
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 1970s Canadian travel, national park, road-trip, and geography sequences needing a brief archival landmark insert.
Period detail: The 8mm footage may show a late-1970s visitor stop, with wooden park signage, a stone base, and saturated home-movie color visible in the frame.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on the Continental Divide sign as a travel record rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Continental Divide sign, Banff and Kootenay park panels, forest, stone wall, white roadside marker, and dark film borders.
Film character: The scan shows 8mm grain, soft focus, purple color cast, slight exposure bloom, and handheld home-movie steadiness.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, route-marker insert, travel transition, or memory beat in a Canadian parks sequence.
Historical context: The image places a park boundary and watershed marker within a wooded Canadian roadside setting without showing visitors or vehicles.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable park signage and named public landmarks should be reviewed for copyright, trademark, and location-use context.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1979 8mm Canada home movie, Continental Divide sign, Banff Kootenay boundary, and vintage national park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 Banff or Kootenay footage, then broader Canadian national park travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 8mm frame of the Continental Divide marker between Banff and Kootenay National Parks, seen through a purple color cast. — Continental Divide roadside sign with park panels and forest behind it.

Canadian park boundary sign for the Continental Divide, with Banff and Kootenay panels visible on soft 8mm footage. — Wooden sign marking the Continental Divide between two national parks.

8mm home-movie view of the Continental Divide sign, including readable Banff and Kootenay National Park panels. — Soft 8mm view of the Continental Divide sign at a wooded park boundary.

Final 1979 8mm frame of the Continental Divide roadside marker between Banff and Kootenay National Parks. — Continental Divide sign remains centered against trees and dark film borders.

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