Alaska USA-1977: Totem Pole In The Middle Of The Woods Surrounded By Many Tall Trees

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

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Totem Pole In The Middle Of The Woods Surrounded By Many... — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a tall, intricately carved totem pole standing in a dense forest. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows the pole surrounded by tall trees under a dappled light, with a distinct purple color cast and visible film grain. The camera moves slightly, offering different angles of the cultural artifact, emphasizing its weathered surface and symbolic carvings. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and historical significance, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or projects exploring indigenous culture and American history.

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: 123094966

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: 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: 1970s Alaska home-movie footage for documentary or educational sequences needing a brief forest cutaway of a carved totem pole.
Period detail: The frames show Super 8-era color fading, handheld framing, and a visitor view of a carved pole in trees, consistent with the 1977 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the pole from a casual visitor distance, shifting slightly rather than staging a formal survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall carved pole, dense trees, dappled forest light, dark film borders, purple color cast, and soft home-movie focus.
Film character: The clip has visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, handheld drift, and a strong purple cast typical of aged small-gauge color film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cultural-site insert, Alaska travel cutaway, transition, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage records a carved Indigenous cultural form in an outdoor wooded setting, but the specific community, maker, or site is not identified in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or interiors are visible, but copyright, cultural context, site permissions, and any depiction of Indigenous cultural material should be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s Alaska Super 8 totem pole, forest totem pole home movie, and vintage travel footage of carved pole in woods.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska material, then broader scenes of totem poles, forests, or visitor-shot cultural sites.

Still Frames From This Clip

A faded 1977 Alaska Super 8 frame shows dim forest tones and film borders before the totem pole becomes clear. — Faded opening frame with forest tones and visible film gate edges.

A tall carved totem pole appears among dense trees in 1977 Alaska home-movie footage with a purple color cast. — Carved pole framed upright against a dense stand of trees.

A closer 1977 Alaska Super 8 view shows carved details on the lower portion of a totem pole surrounded by trees. — Lower carved section of the pole seen through soft, purple-tinted film.

The 1977 Alaska home-movie frame centers a carved totem pole in the woods, with visible grain and purple color fading. — Centered view of the pole with forest foliage behind it.

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