Canada-1979: Bird Silhouette at Twilight and Mountain Landscape

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationCanada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Canada

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Bird Silhouette at Twilight and Mountain Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage clip captures a serene twilight scene in Canada. A bird perches silhouetted on a tree branch against a deep purple sky, with faint film grain and natural imperfections enhancing its nostalgic quality. The sequence transitions to a dramatic mountain landscape with snow-capped peaks and a lake, evoking a sense of quiet wilderness. This archival footage offers a timeless glimpse of nature at dusk, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123091528

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: Late-1970s Canadian 8mm nature footage for productions needing a quiet twilight wildlife insert and mountain-lake landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The frames may show 1979 home-movie color stock, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signage, or built features to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor viewpoint, pausing on a perched bird silhouette before shifting to a broad mountain landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bird on a treetop, dark branches, purple twilight sky, film gate edges, snow-capped mountains, cloud, lake, and forested shoreline.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, purple color shift, exposure variation, and visible splice or frame-edge artifacts as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, scene transition, wilderness establishing detail, or reflective memory beat within a Canada or travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects amateur travel or home-movie attention to Canadian wilderness scenery without visible people, settlements, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but location and landscape identification remain general and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1979 Canada 8mm bird silhouette, twilight nature home movie, mountain lake landscape, and vintage wilderness footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Canada 1979 material, then related 1970s home-movie nature, mountain, lake, twilight, or bird footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Canadian 8mm frame showing a small bird silhouetted on a treetop under a deep purple sky. — A bird sits on the tip of a tree in silhouette at twilight.

1979 Canadian 8mm frame of a perched bird and nearby branch silhouettes against a purple dusk sky. — The silhouetted bird remains perched as branches cross the twilight sky.

A pale transitional 8mm frame with film edge shadow, scratches, dust, and little readable scene detail. — A transitional film frame shows exposure shift and visible physical-film marks.

1979 Canadian 8mm frame showing snow-capped mountains, cloud, a lake, and a dark forested shore. — Snowy peaks rise behind a lake and dark shoreline under cloud.

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