British Columbia Canada-1979: Small Bird At Lake Side Surrounded By Mountains

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

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Small Bird At Lake Side Surrounded By Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a small bird, likely a sandpiper, wading along the muddy shore of a lake in British Columbia, Canada. The scene is framed by natural debris and grass, with the bird moving cautiously near the water's edge. In a later frame, a man in a yellow shirt stands on the opposite bank, observing the landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, unscripted quality, evoking a quiet moment in nature 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: 123106933

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 or travel sequences needing brief 8mm wildlife cutaways beside a lake or riverbank.
Period detail: The yellow shirt, short shorts, and warm handheld 8mm color may show a late-1970s leisure-travel moment, consistent with the 1979 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer's patience, holding on a small shorebird and then revealing a distant person watching from the bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small wading bird, muddy shoreline, driftwood, grass, rippling water, a wooded bank, and a distant man in yellow.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, warm color drift, gate edges, handheld framing, and slight exposure variation that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, quiet travel cutaway, lakeside transition, or reflective memory beat within a Canadian home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene records informal outdoor recreation and wildlife observation in British Columbia without identifying a specific lake, landmark, or event.
Research note: A distant adult figure appears in one frame, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are visible, and copyright clearance remains separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1979 British Columbia 8mm wildlife, small shorebird at lake edge, vintage Canadian nature home movie, and man in yellow by water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 British Columbia material, then broader 1970s lake, bird, and outdoor-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small shorebird on a muddy British Columbia shoreline in 1979-era 8mm footage, with driftwood and water behind it. — A small bird stands near driftwood along the muddy water's edge.

A small bird stands among shoreline debris beside the water in British Columbia, filmed on warm-toned 8mm stock. — The bird remains near the muddy bank and scattered driftwood.

Small shorebird remains near driftwood and grass on the lake or river edge, with visible 8mm gate markings and warm color cast. — The shoreline bird is framed through dark film edges and a vertical light streak.

A distant adult man in a yellow shirt stands on a grassy bank across the water in British Columbia 8mm home-movie footage. — A distant figure in yellow stands by the water as the shorebird remains near the opposite bank.

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