Alaska USA-1977: Pair Of Kodiak Bears Walking Through Tall Grass On A Clear Day

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

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Pair Of Kodiak Bears Walking Through Tall Grass On A... — Clip Details

ALASKA USA-1977: A pair of Kodiak bears forage through a lush green meadow in the Alaskan wilderness. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the bears moving slowly through tall grass and scattered brush under a clear sky. The natural, unsteady camera work and visible film grain lend an authentic, nostalgic quality to this vintage wildlife observation. The bears, with thick brown fur, move calmly through their habitat, offering a rare glimpse of these majestic animals in the wild during the late 1970s.

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: 123111129

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Alaska wildlife footage suited for documentary inserts, natural history cutaways, or archive sequences needing Kodiak bears in an unstaged meadow setting.
Period detail: The scan may show late-1970s 8mm home-movie wildlife filming, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, signs, or landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of a visitor or traveler observing bears from a distance, with patient handheld framing rather than staged wildlife coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two brown bears, tall green grass, low brush, pale leafless branches, dense trees, soft focus, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight softness, handheld instability, muted color, and exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, Alaska travel insert, transition into wilderness material, or brief memory beat within a 1970s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene visually documents bears moving through undeveloped Alaskan habitat, without showing human infrastructure or specific cultural activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, wildlife-location context, and any production-specific permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1970s Alaska 8mm bear footage, Kodiak bears in tall grass, vintage home movie wildlife, and Alaskan wilderness bear cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska wildlife footage, then broader vintage bear or wilderness home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two Kodiak bears appear in a green Alaskan meadow, seen in soft 1970s 8mm footage with brush and trees in the background. — Two bears forage through tall grass at the edge of brush and trees.

Two Kodiak bears move slowly through tall grass in Alaska, framed by brush, pale branches, and the soft look of 8mm film. — The pair continues across the meadow with trees and brush behind them.

In this 1977 Alaska frame, two bears are partly obscured by tall grass and shrubs while moving through a wooded meadow. — Brush and pale branches partly obscure the bears as they pass through the grass.

Two Kodiak bears remain visible in the Alaskan meadow, one partly hidden by brush, with trees and pale branches behind them. — One bear moves near the left edge while the other is partly hidden in the brush.

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