Alaska USA-1977: Brown Bear Walking Up Grassy Hill in Wild

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 Alaska

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Brown Bear Walking Up Grassy Hill in Wild — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1977, this vintage home movie captures a brown bear walking up a grassy hillside in Alaska. The bear moves steadily through dense green vegetation near a body of water, its fur a mix of brown and tan. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic color palette of 1970s home movies. This archival clip offers a candid glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat, evoking a sense of nostalgia and wilderness exploration.

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: 123110811

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 1785 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: tent trailer,VI-02
Reel-level year note: 1977
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1977 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: Alaska, United States 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: 1970s Alaska 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary inserts, nature-history sequences, travel recollections, or archive-led scenes needing a brown bear in wild terrain.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm home-movie texture, soft color, gate edges, and handheld framing that support the supplied 1977 context without adding specific landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the candid feel of a traveler filming from a distance as a bear moves across a green hillside near water, with no staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown bear, dense green hillside vegetation, pale water or shoreline, rocky ground, black film borders, and slight camera movement.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, mild motion blur, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges typical of handheld 1970s home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, wilderness insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about Alaska, bears, or remote landscapes.
Historical context: The clip visually documents a visitor-scale encounter with Alaskan wildlife, emphasizing distance, terrain, and observation rather than close study or managed habitat.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location or wildlife-use requirements should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1977 Alaska 8mm bear footage, brown bear on grassy hill, vintage home movie wildlife, and bear near water in Alaska.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Alaska 1977 travel footage, then broader vintage wildlife, wilderness, or bear habitat material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing a brown bear moving up a grassy, brush-covered hillside near a body of water. — A brown bear climbs through green hillside brush near water.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame with a brown bear crossing dense vegetation on a sloped hillside, seen with handheld motion blur. — The bear continues across the brushy slope as the camera follows.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame showing a brown bear on a vegetation-covered slope above pale water or shoreline. — A distant bear moves through thick greenery above the waterline.

1977 Alaska 8mm frame with a brown bear in dense hillside brush near a pale waterline, softened by camera movement. — The bear remains visible in the brush as the handheld shot drifts.

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