Florida USA-1952: View Of Ducks Swimming In Everglades On A Clear Day

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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View Of Ducks Swimming In Everglades On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of ducks swimming across a calm pond in the Florida Everglades. The scene unfolds under a bright, clear sky, with tall pine trees and lush greenery lining the water's edge. Their reflections ripple gently on the surface, creating a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color shifts, characteristic of mid-century home movies. This archival clip offers a quiet glimpse into mid-20th century nature and leisure, perfect for historical documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123331551

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 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 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: Florida, 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: 1950s Florida nature footage suited to documentary cutaways, wildlife inserts, or mid-century travel and leisure sequences needing quiet wetland atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century visitor-shot footage of a pond edged by pine trees and dense greenery, with the 8mm color and exposure suggesting a 1950s home-movie record.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the water and tree line from a still shoreline position, valuing the calm scene rather than staging action or identifying people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm pond water, reflected trees, pine trunks, dense shrubs, pale sky, shoreline vegetation, and small white water birds or ducks.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color shift, rounded frame edges, and gentle exposure variation that give the scene physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet nature insert, reflective transition, environmental cutaway, or memory beat within a Florida or wetland sequence.
Historical context: The view places attention on a waterside landscape and wildlife presence, offering social context for mid-century home movies focused on travel, nature, and leisure observation.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any property or wildlife-use context should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s 8mm Florida pond ducks, Everglades home movie water birds, vintage wetland tree reflections, and mid-century nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then with Florida 1952 footage, then with 1950s wetland, wildlife, pond, and home-movie nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Florida 8mm frame of a still pond bordered by trees, with small white water birds or ducks near the shore and reflections on the water. — Small water birds move near the edge of a quiet pond bordered by trees and shrubs.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing a quiet pond, reflected tree line, dense greenery, and small white water birds near the left bank. — A still pond reflects the surrounding trees as small birds remain near the shoreline.

1952 Florida 8mm frame with a soft-focus view across pond water toward pine trees, bare trunks, shrubs, and pale sky. — The camera looks across the water toward a wooded shoreline and pale open sky.

1952 Florida home-movie frame showing calm pond water, reflected trees, dense shoreline greenery, and a pale sky beyond the tree line. — Reflections of trees and shoreline plants spread across the calm pond surface.

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