British Columbia Canada-1979: Bird Perches In A Tree And Man Walks On Trail

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

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Bird Perches In A Tree And Man Walks On Trail — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a majestic bird perched in a pine tree, its dark feathers contrasting against the bright sky. The scene transitions to a sweeping mountain landscape in British Columbia, where a lone man walks along a grassy trail through a forested meadow. The footage features classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, handheld feel, evoking a sense of peaceful exploration and natural beauty from the late 1970s.

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: 123105185

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for 1970s British Columbia nature, hiking, wildlife, and mountain-travel sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1970s amateur travel filming through its 8mm color stock, handheld framing, outdoor clothing scale, and casual scenic subjects.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor records a bird in a tree and then follows a lone walker on a meadow trail, giving the footage an unstaged vacation-observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bird on a pine branch, bright sky, conifer trees, snow-streaked mountains, meadow grass, a trail, and a distant walking man.
Film character: The scan carries dense 8mm grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a short nature cutaway, travel transition, wildlife insert, or reflective memory beat within a mountain or hiking sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually situates outdoor recreation and scenic sightseeing in a forested Canadian mountain setting without documenting a specific named landmark.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may still be needed even though no logos, music, or private property are apparent in the frames.
Research search match: Research matches include 1979 8mm British Columbia mountain footage, vintage home movie bird in pine tree, and 1970s hiker meadow trail Canada.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1979 British Columbia material, then broader 1970s mountain, hiking, forest, and wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dark bird perches in a pine tree in 1979 British Columbia home-movie footage, partly silhouetted against a bright sky. — Bird perched among pine branches against a bright, overexposed sky.

The bird remains perched in a tree, seen through soft 8mm focus with conifers and bright sky in the background. — Perched bird held in a handheld shot through tree branches.

A lone man walks away on a meadow trail in British Columbia, with dark conifers and snow-streaked mountains in the distance. — Distant walker on a meadow trail below a mountain view.

A wide mountain landscape shows meadow grass, conifer trees, and snow-streaked peaks in 1979 British Columbia footage. — Wide scenic view of meadow, forest, and distant mountains.

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