Glacier Bay Alaska USA-1977: Historical Map of Muir Inlet and Glacier Bay

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

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Historical Map of Muir Inlet and Glacier Bay — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1977, this archival footage shows a detailed map of Glacier Bay, Alaska, focusing on Muir Inlet and surrounding glacial features. The map highlights Muir Glacier's position in 1882 with a red dashed line, indicating its historical extent. Labels for locations like Mt. Wright, Adams Inlet, and Tidal Inlet are clearly visible, offering a geographical overview of the region. The warm, aged tones and film grain give the clip a nostalgic, vintage feel, capturing a moment of historical geography from a classic home movie.

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: 123095499

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: Glacier Bay, 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 8mm Glacier Bay map footage for documentary, museum, education or editorial sequences needing a geographic insert about Muir Inlet and glacier change context.
Period detail: The printed map and 8mm color stock may show a 1977 visitor-film record of Glacier Bay, with visible labels for Muir Inlet, Adams Inlet, Tidal Inlet, Mt. Wright and a red dashed Muir Glacier reference line.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the plain visitor-shot value of filming a reference map, likely used to orient a travel reel before or after Glacier Bay scenery.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue inlet shapes, tan land areas, glacier labels, the red dashed Muir Glacier line, Mt. Wright, Adams Inlet, Tidal Inlet, Muir Point and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries warm 8mm color, soft focus, projected-map exposure variation, visible grain and slight frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a geographic cutaway, chapter opener, transition, research insert or memory beat linking Glacier Bay travel footage to Muir Inlet locations.
Historical context: The map visually frames Glacier Bay through named inlets, glaciers and mountain points, giving context for how a 1970s traveler or filmmaker oriented the landscape.
Research note: No people, faces, brands or private interiors are visible, but map artwork and underlying copyright status should be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1977 8mm Glacier Bay Alaska map, Muir Inlet home movie, Muir Glacier historical map, Alaska travel reel geography and vintage park orientation map.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Glacier Bay or Alaska footage, then broader archival map, glacier, inlet and travel-orientation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 8mm frame of a Glacier Bay, Alaska map with Muir Inlet, Adams Inlet, Tidal Inlet, Mt. Wright and a red dashed glacier reference line visible. — Glacier Bay map detail showing Muir Inlet and surrounding labeled features.

1977 8mm frame showing a printed Glacier Bay map, including Muir Inlet, Adams Inlet, Muir Point, Mt. Wright and blue inlet shapes. — Printed map view of Muir Inlet and adjacent Glacier Bay features.

1977 8mm frame of a Glacier Bay map section showing Muir Inlet, Casement Glacier, Muir Glacier area labels and Adams Inlet. — Map section showing Muir Inlet, glacial labels and nearby waterways.

1977 8mm frame of the Glacier Bay map with Muir Inlet, Adams Inlet, Muir Glacier labeling and surrounding glacier-marked terrain. — Glacier Bay orientation map with Muir Inlet and glacier references visible.

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