Alaska-1946: Mountains Lake And Trees On A Clear Winter Day

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Alaska

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Mountains Lake And Trees On A Clear Winter Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene Alaskan winter landscape. The footage shows snow-covered mountains and a frozen lake under a clear sky, with evergreen trees lining the shore. A prominent utility pole stands in the foreground, adding a touch of human presence to the natural scene. The film exhibits a distinct purple color cast and grainy texture characteristic of early 8mm home movies, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century Alaskan life and scenery.

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: 124550409

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 1178 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 2
Reel-level year note: 1946
Reel-level location note: alaska
Date: 1946 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1940s Alaska documentary or education edits needing a short 8mm winter landscape cutaway with lake, snowy shore, forested hills, and a visible utility pole.
Period detail: The 1946 home-movie context and visible pole beside a remote snowy lakeshore may show mid-century travel or settlement-era infrastructure in Alaska.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, lingering on scenery from a roadside or overlook rather than presenting a composed scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a snow-edged lake, dark evergreen tree line, low hills, shoreline brush, a foreground utility pole, winter snowbanks, and a pale sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, mild weave, uneven exposure, and a purple color cast that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Use as a brief establishing insert, winter transition, geographic cutaway, or memory beat between Alaska travel or postwar home-movie scenes.
Historical context: The frames place human infrastructure within a quiet winter landscape, suggesting travel through inhabited or serviced terrain without showing people or vehicles.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any location or property implications should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1946 Alaska 8mm winter lake, vintage home movie snowy mountains, utility pole lakeshore, and 1940s Alaska landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1946 Alaska scenes, then broader 1940s winter landscapes, lakes, mountains, trees, and travel cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Alaska 8mm frame showing a snowy foreground, dark evergreen hillside, and pale winter sky with soft focus and purple film cast. — Snow and evergreens line a hillside in a brief winter landscape view.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame looking across a snow-edged lake toward wooded hills, with a utility pole centered in the foreground. — A utility pole stands between the camera and a quiet winter lakeshore.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame of a winter lake scene, with shoreline brush, snowbanks, wooded hills, and a foreground utility pole. — The camera holds on a lakeshore scene with winter snow and a foreground pole.

1946 Alaska 8mm frame showing the same snow-edged lake and distant wooded hillside, with a utility pole silhouetted in the foreground. — A final view frames the lake, snowy shore, and distant hillside around the utility pole.

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