Alaska USA-1977: Sun Reflecting On The Water Behind The Trees While Setting

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

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Sun Reflecting On The Water Behind The Trees While Setting — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1977, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm river in Alaska. The golden sun reflects in shimmering ripples on the water's surface, gradually revealing a tree-lined shore and distant buildings. The grainy, warm-toned footage evokes a nostalgic, contemplative mood, with the camera slowly panning to reveal the full riverside landscape. This archival clip offers authentic 1970s Americana, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123093211

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Alaska home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet riverside sunset or waterfront establishing cutaway.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1970s riverfront edge with low buildings, tree cover, and a distant shore, though no landmark or exact town is identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from sun reflection on water to a wider look at the calm river and shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include bright sun reflection, calm water, trees, muddy or rocky banks, distant low buildings, and soft sky.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, muted color, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective insert, location transition, river cutaway, or memory beat between travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage offers a domestic travel view of an Alaska waterfront in the late 1970s without identifying people or specific activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright and any property or location rights should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1977 Alaska 8mm river sunset, vintage home movie water reflection, and 1970s riverside buildings.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska waterfront footage, then broader sunset or river travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close view of a warm sun reflection on dark water in archival 8mm footage. — The sun appears as a bright orange reflection on the water surface.

Alaska river water with a small orange sun reflection near a dark, tree-lined shore. — A small sun reflection sits on the calm river beside the wooded bank.

1977 Alaska home-movie view of a calm river, tree-lined bank, and distant low buildings. — The view widens to show the river, shoreline vegetation, and buildings beyond the bank.

Wide 8mm frame of an Alaska riverside landscape with trees, calm water, and distant buildings. — A wider riverside landscape shows still water, shoreline trees, and buildings in the distance.

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