Alaska USA-1977: Sunset Over Lake and Night Scene with Two People

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 Alaska

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Sunset Over Lake and Night Scene with Two People — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A vintage 8mm home movie captures two distinct scenes. The first sequence shows a dramatic sunset over a remote Alaskan lake, with silhouetted evergreen trees and bare branches framing the view against a deep blue and golden sky. The second scene shifts to a dark, open area at night, where two figures stand near a child's stroller under a dimly lit structure, evoking a sense of isolation in the wilderness. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, characteristic of 1970s home movies.

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: 123093103

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1785 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-02
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1977 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: Alaska, United States 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: Supports 1970s Alaska archive requests needing a brief wilderness sunset and night-isolation atmosphere for documentary, education, or editorial use.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color and exposure, with Alaska and 1977 supported by metadata rather than visible landmarks or date clues.
Home-movie behavior: The sunset is filmed from a quiet, handheld observer position, preserving an unstaged home-movie view of a lakeside landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low lake horizon, dark evergreen silhouettes, bare branches, blue cloud cover, golden sunset light, and one nearly black night frame.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm grain, soft focus, color shift, uneven exposure, and contact-print framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short transition, atmospheric cutaway, memory beat, or visual pause between travel or wilderness sequences.
Historical context: The material reflects a private travel or family-film viewpoint on a remote Alaskan landscape without enough visual evidence to identify a specific community or event.
Research note: People are flagged in the clip metadata, so likeness review may be needed even though faces are not discernible in these stills; copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1977 Alaska 8mm lake sunset, 1970s home movie wilderness, silhouetted forest at dusk, and dark night scene on film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska material, then broader 1970s wilderness, sunset, or isolated night footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing a low lake horizon, black forest silhouettes, bare branches, and a blue-gold sunset sky. — A lakeside sunset is framed by dark trees and bare branches.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame with silhouetted evergreens, bare branches, a dim lake edge, and bright sunset light under blue clouds. — The sunset glow sits low behind a dark Alaskan treeline.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing a vivid dusk sky, silhouetted conifers, bare limbs, and a narrow lake horizon. — A bright dusk sky is filmed through silhouetted forest branches.

Dark 8mm night frame from the Alaska clip, with only faint green-black exposure and no clearly readable figures in this still. — The scene drops into a nearly unreadable night exposure.

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