British Columbia Canada-1979: Small Bird Hopping on Rocky Shoreline

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

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Small Bird Hopping on Rocky Shoreline — Clip Details

A small bird hops across rugged rocks near a body of water in this 8mm home movie from British Columbia, Canada, 1979. Shot on vintage Super 8 film, the footage captures natural movement and textures with warm, faded colors and authentic film grain. The scene features a rocky shoreline with sparse vegetation and a calm water backdrop, evoking a quiet moment in nature. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into a peaceful outdoor setting, ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed 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: 123108181

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: 1970s British Columbia nature footage for editors needing a brief wildlife cutaway from real 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The visible scene offers few date-specific clues beyond the metadata, with faded 8mm color and a rocky shoreline that may show a casual 1979 outdoor travel view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie feel, watching a small bird move naturally across rocks from a fixed, slightly distant vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small bird, rugged shoreline rocks, calm water, sparse grass, a thin branch, shadowed foreground plants, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Warm faded color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: Use as a quiet wildlife insert, nature cutaway, shoreline transition, or brief memory beat within a 1970s travel or outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The frames document an ordinary shoreline wildlife moment rather than a named event, with the bird and rocks giving context to recreational nature filming in British Columbia.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright and any location-specific permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1979 British Columbia 8mm bird on rocks, small bird shoreline home movie, or vintage Canadian nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 British Columbia material, then broader rocky shoreline or small-bird nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small bird on shoreline rocks beside calm water in 1979 British Columbia 8mm home-movie footage. — A small bird pauses on rocks near the waterline.

Small bird remains among shoreline rocks, with calm water and a thin branch in the background. — The bird blends into the rough stones along the shoreline.

A small bird is visible among weathered rocks on a British Columbia shoreline, with muted 8mm color and grain. — The bird moves through the rocks against a calm water backdrop.

Final frame shows the small bird near the rocks and sparse vegetation along the British Columbia shoreline. — The shot holds on the bird and uneven shoreline rocks.

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