British Columbia Canada-1979: Bird Of Prey Perched In Pine Tree

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 British Columbia Canada

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Bird Of Prey Perched In Pine Tree — Clip Details

A 1979 8mm home movie captures a bird of prey perched on a pine tree branch against a deep blue twilight sky. The footage, shot on vintage Super 8 film, shows the bird in silhouette, its form distinct against the darkening light. The scene is quiet and still, with the pine needles and branches creating a natural frame. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of 8mm film from the late 1970s, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in British Columbia. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123105171

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 1792 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-09,1
Reel-level year note: 1979
Reel-level location note: canada
Date: 1979 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: British Columbia, Canada 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: Supports requests for late-1970s British Columbia 8mm wildlife footage, especially quiet nature inserts, documentary cutaways, or reflective home-movie texture.
Period detail: The frames show visible 8mm-era color saturation, grain, and contact-sheet framing, with the 1979 date and British Columbia location supported by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer quality, holding on a distant perched bird through pine branches rather than presenting a controlled wildlife close-up.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a silhouetted bird of prey, pine trunks, branching needles, deep blue sky, dark frame edges, and one brighter overexposed lower frame.
Film character: The scan carries strong grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, deep blue color cast, and slight handheld framing that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet wildlife cutaway, dusk transition, nature-memory beat, or atmospheric insert within a home-movie or regional sequence.
Historical context: As supplied, the clip places a brief wildlife observation within a 1979 British Columbia home-movie context without identifying a specific site or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and any wildlife-location identification questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1979 British Columbia 8mm wildlife footage, bird of prey in pine tree, twilight home movie nature shot, and vintage Canadian forest cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel outdoor footage, then other 1979 British Columbia material, then broader vintage 8mm wildlife, forest, bird, or twilight nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 British Columbia 8mm frame showing a dark bird of prey perched among pine branches against blue twilight sky. — A bird of prey sits in silhouette on a pine branch at dusk.

A silhouetted bird remains perched near a pine trunk in this 1979 British Columbia home-movie wildlife frame. — The perched bird is partly framed by pine needles and a dark tree trunk.

Soft 8mm frame from British Columbia showing a bird-like silhouette among pine branches, with brighter exposure and visible film grain. — The bird appears lower in the frame as the pine branches blur across the sky.

Bright, soft 1979 British Columbia 8mm frame with pine branches and a faint perched bird silhouette in heavy exposure. — A brighter exposure leaves the perched bird faint among the pine branches.

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