Alaska USA-1977: Grizzly Bear Walks Through Grassy Meadow, Glances at Camera, Another Bear Forages

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

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Grizzly Bear Walks Through Grassy Meadow, Glances at... — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A grizzly bear walks through a grassy meadow, its thick brown fur visible against the green foliage. The bear moves steadily across the frame, occasionally pausing to sniff the air and glance toward the camera. In later frames, a second bear appears in the background, foraging nearby. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the raw, unfiltered behavior of wildlife in the Alaskan wilderness, with natural motion and a slightly grainy, vintage aesthetic. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation in a remote, natural setting.

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: 123110941

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Alaska wildlife requests needing real 8mm footage of grizzly bears moving and foraging in open meadow habitat.
Period detail: The clip is supported as 1977 8mm footage, with visible period clues mainly in the soft home-movie color, grain, and handheld outdoor filming rather than built environment.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged observer's perspective, watching bears from a cautious distance as they walk, sniff, glance toward camera, and continue foraging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grizzly bears, green meadow grass, low shrubs, sloped vegetation, soft focus, dark frame edges, and contact-sheet dividers.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm texture through soft focus, muted green-brown color, visible grain, slight exposure falloff, and handheld framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, wilderness cutaway, or quiet observational beat within a sequence about Alaska, bears, field travel, or nature study.
Historical context: The scene documents visitor-shot or field-shot bear observation in an Alaskan meadow, emphasizing animal behavior and habitat rather than a specific event or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still clear copyright and confirm wildlife-use context for their territory and project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1977 Alaska 8mm grizzly bear footage, brown bear in meadow, vintage wildlife home movie, bear foraging, and Alaskan wilderness cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska wildlife footage, then broader 1970s outdoor nature and bear-behavior material.

Still Frames From This Clip

A grizzly bear moves across an Alaska meadow in supported 1977 8mm footage, partly softened by grass and brush. — A grizzly bear walks through low green vegetation, seen from a distant handheld viewpoint.

A grizzly bear appears to pause and face the camera in an Alaska meadow, framed by soft 8mm grain and green brush. — The bear turns toward the camera while standing among meadow grass and shrubs.

Two bears are visible in the meadow, with one crossing the foreground and a second foraging farther back in supported 1977 Alaska footage. — A foreground bear crosses the meadow as another bear bends down in the background.

A bear lowers its head while foraging in an Alaska meadow, with soft focus and muted 8mm color visible in the frame. — The bear continues foraging low in the grass and brush near the end of the clip.

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