Glacier Bay Alaska USA-1977: Close Up Of A Larger Brown Rock Among Many

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

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Close Up Of A Larger Brown Rock Among Many — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1977, this vintage home movie clip captures a close-up view of a rugged, rocky terrain in Glacier Bay, Alaska. The camera slowly moves across a gravelly slope scattered with gray stones and small pebbles, highlighting a prominent, larger brown rock with a weathered surface. Patches of green moss and grass peek through the stones, adding contrast to the earthy tones. The footage exhibits natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival nature footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about Alaskan wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123095917

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: Useful for 1970s 8mm nature or Alaska travel productions needing a brief rocky-ground cutaway from Glacier Bay.
Period detail: The visible clue is primarily the 8mm home-movie texture; the terrain itself may show Glacier Bay landscape detail without date-specific markers.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies a single brown rock and surrounding gravel from a close visitor-shot perspective, emphasizing observation rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large brown rock, gray stones, small pebbles, gravelly ground, sparse green plants, and soft film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has natural 8mm grain, muted color, slight blur, and handheld reframing that preserve the physical-film character of the source.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a landscape insert, geology cutaway, travel-memory beat, or quiet transition within Glacier Bay or wilderness sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers modest visual context for a 1977 home-movie visit to rocky Alaskan terrain, without showing people, buildings, or identifiable events.
Research note: No people, logos, private property, or music are indicated, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1977 8mm Glacier Bay rocks, Alaska home movie terrain, Super 8 gravel close-up, and vintage wilderness cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Glacier Bay footage, then broader Alaska nature or rocky shoreline material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Glacier Bay 8mm frame showing rocky ground, scattered gray stones, and a larger brown rock at a distance. — The camera begins on a gravelly patch with a larger brown rock among smaller stones.

1977 Glacier Bay 8mm view of a brown rock set among gray stones and patches of green vegetation. — The larger brown rock sits among pebbles and gray stones as the camera moves closer.

Close 1977 Glacier Bay 8mm frame of a weathered brown rock on gravel, with stones and small plants around it. — A closer angle emphasizes the weathered surface of the brown rock and surrounding gravel.

1977 Glacier Bay 8mm close-up with the brown rock filling the foreground amid gray stones and gravel. — The clip ends on a tight view of the brown rock framed by smaller stones and gravel.

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