British Columbia Canada-1979: Dandelion Field by Rocky Shore

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

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Dandelion Field by Rocky Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a serene natural landscape in British Columbia, Canada. The clip opens with a rocky shoreline beside calm water, then transitions to a wide field of white dandelion seed heads swaying gently in the breeze. The footage features classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, handheld quality, evoking a peaceful summer day in the wilderness. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring nature and 1970s home movie aesthetics.

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: 123108205

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for late-1970s British Columbia nature inserts, especially archival home-movie footage of wild plants, rocky ground, and quiet landscape detail.
Period detail: The frames themselves show a natural field rather than dateable objects, with the 1979 period attribution supported by clip metadata and 8mm source format.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, observing dandelion seed heads and rough ground as a personal record of place rather than a composed nature study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale dandelion seed heads, thin stems, scattered rocks, uneven ground, low vegetation, and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, visible grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges that give the landscape archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet nature cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or visual bridge within a 1970s travel or landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a modest natural setting in British Columbia, reflecting home-movie attention to local scenery without visible people, buildings, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, though copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed for the source film.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1979 British Columbia 8mm nature footage, dandelion field home movie, vintage Canadian landscape, and Super 8 wildflower cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with British Columbia 1979 landscape material, then with broader 1970s nature and home-movie field footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 British Columbia home-movie frame showing pale dandelion seed heads across rocky, uneven ground. — Dandelion seed heads spread across a rocky field surface.

Archival 8mm view of dandelion seed heads and stones in a British Columbia field, supported by clip metadata. — A close field view of seed heads, stones, and rough vegetation.

Home-movie frame of a dandelion field with rocky earth and soft 8mm texture in British Columbia. — White seed heads and thin stems rise from rocky ground.

Late-1970s 8mm frame showing dandelion seed heads scattered over rocky British Columbia ground. — A rocky field remains filled with pale dandelion seed heads.

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