British Columbia Canada-1979: Shorebird Foraging in Shallow Water

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

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Shorebird Foraging in Shallow Water — Clip Details

BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA-1979: A shorebird with mottled brown and white plumage walks through shallow water, its reflection rippling in the clear surface. The bird moves steadily, pecking at the wet ground in search of food, its long legs and slender beak clearly visible. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures the natural behavior of the bird in a serene, sun-drenched setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color tones, evoking a sense of nostalgia and quiet observation 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: 123107012

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s British Columbia nature, lake-edge wildlife, or quiet environmental cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1970s amateur wildlife filming, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or landmarks to further identify the period.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational patience of a home-movie nature shot, following a shorebird as it wades and feeds without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mottled shorebird, shallow rippled water, wet shoreline surface, bird reflection, long legs, slender bill, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that give the wildlife moment physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, shoreline cutaway, ecological transition, or quiet memory beat between broader travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually situates a small bird in a calm British Columbia waterside setting, emphasizing ordinary wildlife observation rather than a named event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but species identification and copyright status should still be verified before publication.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1979 British Columbia shorebird footage, 8mm lake wildlife, vintage home movie bird foraging, and shallow water bird cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other British Columbia 1979 nature footage, then broader vintage lake, shoreline, and bird behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A mottled shorebird wades in shallow water in British Columbia, Canada, from 1979 8mm home-movie footage. — A shorebird pauses in clear shallow water, its body and legs reflected on the wet surface.

The shorebird continues across shallow rippled water, visible in a 1979 British Columbia home-movie frame. — The bird steps through the water as ripples distort its reflection.

A mottled shorebird lowers its bill toward the wet surface, appearing to forage in 1979 British Columbia footage. — The shorebird dips toward the water while standing in the shallows.

The bird stands upright in shallow water, with ripples and muted 8mm color visible in the British Columbia scene. — The bird stands in place as small ripples spread across the water around it.

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