Canada-1979: Water with Purple Color Cast

$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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Water with Purple Color Cast — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious, abstract view of water with a deep purple color cast. The footage features heavy film grain and a grainy texture, with shifting patterns across the frame suggesting movement beneath the surface. The dark, saturated purple hues create a surreal, dreamlike atmosphere, evoking a sense of nostalgia and mystery. This archival clip offers a unique, atmospheric visual for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123092171

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: 1979 Canadian 8mm abstract water footage suited for documentary inserts, memory sequences, atmospheric transitions, or archival texture in nature and experimental edits.
Period detail: The frames show no datable landmarks or objects, so the 1979 period rests on clip metadata rather than visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a home-movie camera lingering on moving water, valuing texture, color, and surface motion over a staged subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include purple-blue water surfaces, dark frame edges, film gate borders, grain, soft ripples, and abstract shadowed patches.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, saturated purple color shift, soft exposure, and visible gate edges that give the footage a strong physical-film presence.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an abstract cutaway, watery transition, dreamlike memory beat, or visual bridge between nature and experimental archive material.
Historical context: As a short 1979 Canadian home-movie fragment, it documents an amateur visual study of water rather than a specific public event or identifiable place.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and source permissions should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1979 Canada 8mm water, purple color cast home movie, abstract water surface footage, and vintage film grain ocean texture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1979 Canada clips, then abstract water, ocean, color-shifted, or nature-texture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Canadian 8mm frame showing an abstract purple-blue water surface with grain, gate edges, and dark shadow shapes. — Abstract purple water texture fills the 8mm frame with dark edges and grain.

1979 Canadian 8mm frame of rippled water rendered in a deep purple cast, with visible grain and black gate border. — Rippled water appears as a dense purple field inside the film frame.

1979 Canadian 8mm frame showing a darker purple water surface with grain, soft ripple detail, and visible gate edges. — Darker purple water texture continues across the lower film frame.

1979 Canadian 8mm frame of an abstract purple-blue water surface, softened by grain and bordered by the film gate. — The final frame holds on a purple-blue water surface with visible 8mm texture.

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