British Columbia Canada-1979: Shorebird Foraging Along Muddy Embankment

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

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Shorebird Foraging Along Muddy Embankment — Clip Details

BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA-1979: A shorebird with a long, slender beak walks along a muddy, moss-covered embankment beside rippling water. The 8mm home movie footage captures the bird foraging near the water's edge, its reflection visible in the shallow surface. Shot on vintage 8mm film, the clip displays natural grain, soft focus, and authentic color tones from the late 1970s, evoking a quiet moment of wildlife in its natural habitat.

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: 123106990

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: 1979 British Columbia 8mm wildlife footage suited for documentary inserts, environmental cutaways, or quiet natural-history texture.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the 8mm color stock, soft focus, and handheld framing rather than any dated objects in view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, unstaged feel of a home-movie camera observing a shorebird foraging at the water's edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a long-billed shorebird, shallow rippling water, muddy bank, mossy ground, sticks, pebbles, and the bird's reflection.
Film character: The footage shows warm vintage color, pronounced grain, soft detail, slight exposure shifts, and handheld 8mm framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, reflective transition, shoreline insert, or quiet memory beat between broader travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a small waterside wildlife moment in British Columbia without visible people, buildings, signage, or urban context.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification, location specificity, and copyright status should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s British Columbia 8mm shorebird, home movie wildlife water edge, and vintage bird foraging footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1979 British Columbia nature footage, then broader 1970s wildlife and shoreline home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

A small long-billed shorebird stands near a muddy, mossy bank beside shallow water in 1979 British Columbia footage. — Shorebird pauses at the muddy waterline beside moss and scattered debris.

The shoreline remains in view as the shorebird blends into the muddy bank beside rippling water. — The handheld frame follows the muddy embankment and water's edge as the bird becomes harder to distinguish.

A long-billed shorebird stands on the muddy, moss-covered bank near shallow water in vintage 8mm footage. — The bird stands on the bank, framed by moss, mud, and rippling water.

A long-billed shorebird wades in shallow rippling water, with its reflection visible in the 1979 British Columbia home-movie frame. — The shorebird steps through shallow water, its reflection briefly visible below.

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