Hicksville New York-1954: Geese Swimming Together With Goslings On The Edge Of A Pond

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Year1954
Decade1950s
LocationHicksville, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1954 Hicksville New York

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Geese Swimming Together With Goslings On The Edge Of A Pond — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1954, this vintage home movie captures a family of geese swimming with their goslings on a pond. The water appears a deep, saturated blue, likely due to film stock color shifts, while the shoreline is lined with lush green grass. The geese glide across the surface, with adults leading and protecting their young. The footage shows natural wildlife behavior in a quiet, suburban setting, with a grainy texture and soft focus characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and offers authentic period footage for documentaries, historical content, or editorial projects.

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: 123372532

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 1069 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: barlans, bears house,goodmans,bar mitzvah,steve
Reel-level year note: 1953-1954
Reel-level location note: new york city
Date: 1954 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: Hicksville, New York, 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 8mm home-movie wildlife footage for productions needing a brief suburban pond cutaway with geese and goslings.
Period detail: The clip shows no built landmarks, clothing, or vehicles, so the 1954 Hicksville context comes from metadata rather than visible period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an observational home-movie feel, watching geese and young birds move calmly along the pond edge without staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult geese, goslings, rippled blue water, a grassy shoreline, soft focus, film grain, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries saturated blue color shift, soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, and slight exposure variation as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature insert, quiet transition, suburban memory beat, or visual pause within a 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday wildlife observed near a pond in a suburban setting, with no visible people, buildings, signage, or public event context.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm geese on pond, Hicksville New York home movie wildlife, goslings swimming, and suburban pond cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other footage from the same reel, then Hicksville or 1954 material, then broader pond, waterfowl, wildlife, or suburban nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1954 Hicksville home-movie frame showing geese and goslings on saturated blue pond water near grass. — Geese and goslings move across the pond near the shoreline.

1954 Hicksville pond scene with adult geese and goslings swimming near a grassy bank in soft 8mm focus. — A small group of waterfowl stays close to the grassy bank.

1954 Hicksville 8mm frame with two adult geese and goslings on vivid blue water below a grassy shoreline. — Adult geese and young birds pass through the foreground water.

1954 Hicksville home-movie still showing geese with goslings on a blue pond beneath a green bank. — The birds continue along the pond edge as the 8mm frame darkens at the sides.

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