Glacier Bay Alaska USA-1977: Watching A Peaceful Sunset At The Lake With

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

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Watching A Peaceful Sunset At The Lake With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1977, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm Alaskan lake. Silhouetted mountains rise in the distance, their peaks catching the golden glow of the setting sun. A wooden dock extends into the water, its reflection shimmering on the still surface. Framed by dark tree branches in the foreground, the scene evokes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere. The warm orange and yellow hues of the sky blend into a soft purple horizon, creating a peaceful, timeless moment. The footage shows natural film grain and slight camera movement, characteristic of Super 8 home recordings from the era.

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: 123096716

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 documentary or editorial needs involving Alaskan travel, quiet wilderness scenery, sunset transitions, or vintage home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie look, soft exposure, and simple waterfront view support the supplied 1977 period context without adding specific landmark claims.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on a calm sunset across water rather than staging action or directing people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, calm lake surface, distant mountain silhouettes, a wooden dock or pier, dark shoreline, and overhanging tree branches.
Film character: Warm color shift, visible grain, gate edges, dust marks, and slight handheld variation give the scene recognizable scanned 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, scenic transition, end-of-day cutaway, or reflective memory beat within travel or nature material.
Historical context: The view reflects leisure travel or personal filming in Alaska, emphasizing landscape observation over identifiable social activity or public event documentation.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location context, and any property-related concerns should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1977 8mm Alaska sunset footage, Glacier Bay lake and mountains home movie, vintage dock silhouette, or calm wilderness travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Glacier Bay or Alaska material, then broader vintage sunset, lake, dock, and mountain scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Glacier Bay, Alaska 8mm frame showing sunset light across calm water, distant mountain silhouettes, a dock, and foreground branches. — Sunset reflects on calm water near a silhouetted dock and distant mountains.

1977 Glacier Bay, Alaska 8mm frame with golden sunset reflected on lake water, distant mountains, dock structure, and dark tree limbs. — Golden light spreads across the lake behind a silhouetted dock and mountain horizon.

1977 Glacier Bay, Alaska 8mm frame showing a low sunset, still water, mountain silhouettes, dock forms, and foreground tree branches. — A low sunset lights the water while dock shapes and mountains remain in silhouette.

Mostly black end frame from the contact sheet, with little visible detail beyond film darkness and faint edge texture. — The final extracted frame appears largely dark, with minimal visible detail.

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