Ireland-1969: Pearson Slowly Wading Across A River In Wading Boots And Jacket

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationIreland
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Ireland

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Pearson Slowly Wading Across A River In Wading Boots And... — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored jacket and wading boots slowly crosses a shallow river in Ireland, 1969. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures him moving through the water with yellow gorse bushes lining the riverbank. The scene has a soft, nostalgic quality with natural lighting and subtle film grain, evoking a quiet moment of rural life. The man appears focused, carefully navigating the stream, while the surrounding nature remains still. This authentic home movie footage offers a glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation.

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: 124343618

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1969 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Ireland Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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 1960s Ireland archive requests needing rural outdoor recreation, river crossing, or quiet home-movie cutaways for documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The light jacket, wading boots, 8mm color stock, and rural riverbank setting may show late-1960s leisure or field activity in Ireland.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has unstaged value in the slow, careful movement of a visible adult crossing shallow water while the camera observes from the bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wading adult, shallow river water, pale jacket, dark boots, yellow gorse, reeds, scrubby riverbank, and soft wooded background.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and a steady but informal viewpoint.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural memory beat, nature cutaway, outdoor recreation insert, or transition into travel, fishing, or Irish countryside material.
Historical context: The scene documents a modest outdoor moment in rural Ireland, with human movement framed by riverbank vegetation rather than an identifiable landmark.
Research note: A person is visible but not clearly identifiable; likeness review may still be needed, while no logos, private property, or music are evident from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1969 Ireland 8mm river wading, man crossing stream home movie, rural Irish countryside footage, and vintage outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Ireland footage, then other 1969 Ireland rural scenes, then broader 1960s home movies of rivers, walking, fishing, and countryside travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1969 Ireland, an adult in a pale jacket and dark wading boots moves through shallow river water near yellow gorse and reeds. — A wading figure crosses a shallow river bordered by yellow-flowering shrubs.

A visible adult in a light jacket continues across shallow water in rural Ireland, with gorse and reeds lining the riverbank. — The figure moves slowly through the water near the riverbank vegetation.

The 8mm frame shows an adult pausing or stepping carefully in an Irish river, surrounded by reeds, scrub, and yellow gorse. — A careful step through shallow water with dense riverbank plants behind.

Near the end of the clip, the adult keeps wading through a shallow Irish river, framed by reeds and bright yellow gorse on the bank. — The wading figure continues across the stream against a gorse-lined bank.

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