Manaus Brazil-1979: Waterfall and Three People at Sunset

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationManaus, Brazil
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1979 Brazil

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Waterfall and Three People at Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a powerful waterfall cascading over a wide ledge, its mist rising into the air under a cloudy sky. The scene transitions to a tranquil beach at sunset, where three people walk along the shoreline, their silhouettes outlined by the golden glow of the setting sun. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and film scratches, evoking a nostalgic, personal memory of a tropical vacation in Manaus, Brazil.

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: 124548986

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: 1979 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: Manaus, Brazil 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm travel footage suited to documentary requests for Manaus-region water, tropical shoreline leisure, or personal vacation material from Brazil.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, casual beach clothing, and handheld tourist framing that support a late-1970s home-movie reading without adding specific landmark claims.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective, moving from a broad waterfall view to people casually walking and playing at the waterline near sunset.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a wide waterfall, mist, dark river water, a sandy shoreline, low sun glare, silhouetted people, waves, and tree-lined banks.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, exposure bloom around the sun, color fading, vertical scratches, and handheld framing that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a travel-memory insert, a water-and-landscape transition, or a reflective cutaway between more specific Manaus or Brazil sequences.
Historical context: The material visually records recreational contact with riverside water and landscape in a home-movie style, but it should not be treated as evidence of a named site without research.
Research note: People are visible as distant silhouettes, so copyright, source permission, and possible likeness considerations should be reviewed separately before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1979 8mm Brazil home movie, Manaus waterfall footage, tropical beach sunset silhouettes, and vintage river shoreline travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1979 Manaus or Brazil travel footage, then broader themes of waterfalls, river beaches, sunsets, and vacation home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 8mm Manaus travel footage showing a broad waterfall, heavy spray, cloudy sky, and dark water in a handheld frame. — A wide waterfall drops over a ledge as mist rises from the water below.

1979 Manaus home-movie frame of three distant people silhouetted along a sandy shoreline beside sunlit water. — Three figures appear along the beach as low sun reflects across the shoreline.

A 1979 8mm beach scene in Manaus with distant figures, wet sand, small waves, and strong sunset glare. — Distant figures move near the waterline on a reflective beach at sunset.

1979 Manaus 8mm frame of silhouetted people walking at the edge of shallow water, with sun glare and trees beyond. — Silhouetted walkers pass through shallow water along the sunset shoreline.

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