Alaska USA-1977: Duck Swims On A Lake Purple Flower Duck Dies Under Water

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

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Duck Swims On A Lake Purple Flower Duck Dies Under Water — Clip Details

A duck glides across a calm lake in this 8mm home movie from 1977, captured in the natural setting of Alaska. The footage shows the bird swimming steadily, creating gentle ripples on the water's surface, with tall grasses visible in the foreground. The scene is rendered in the characteristic grain and color palette of vintage Super 8 film, evoking a sense of quiet nostalgia. The clip offers authentic archival footage of wildlife in a serene, untouched environment.

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: 123112523

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 a brief natural-history cutaway or quiet lake insert from authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show no date-specific objects, but the soft color, grain, and home-movie framing are consistent with the supplied 1977 8mm source metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a duck moving across a lake from the bank, with foreground grasses suggesting an informal, unstaged home-movie wildlife moment.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a duck on calm water, ripples, reflected shoreline shapes, reeds, soft foreground grasses, dark frame edges, and 8mm contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, muted blue-purple color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and steady but informal home-movie framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, reflective transition, environmental insert, or quiet memory beat within a nature or Alaska sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a small waterbird in a natural lakeside setting, offering observational context rather than evidence of a specific event or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright and any wildlife-use context should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Searches such as 1970s Alaska 8mm duck on lake, vintage home movie waterbird, calm lake wildlife cutaway, and Super 8 nature footage fit this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1977 Alaska lake or wildlife scenes, then broader 1970s home-movie nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A duck swims across calm water in supported 1977 Alaska 8mm footage, with reeds, reflections, and blurred grasses near the bank. — Duck moving across still lake water with soft foreground grasses.

A duck floats on calm lake water in the Alaska home-movie clip, with reflected reeds and soft grasses visible along the lower edge. — Duck floating near reed reflections on a quiet lake.

A duck is centered on a quiet lake in supported 1977 Alaska 8mm footage, surrounded by fine ripples and out-of-focus shoreline grasses. — Duck centered against pale rippled water and shoreline grasses.

The duck remains on calm lake water in the 1977 Alaska home-movie frame, with reed reflections, soft shoreline grasses, and visible 8mm borders. — Duck gliding through calm water framed by grasses and film borders.

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