Quebec Canada-1946: Old Video Of Birds At A Lake

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Year1946
Decade1940s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1946 Quebec Canada

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Old Video Of Birds At A Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1946, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside view from a moving boat. The frame is bordered by dark edges, suggesting a view through a window or frame. Rippling blue water fills the foreground, while a dense treeline of green and yellow-tinged trees lines the distant shore. A few birds fly across the sky, adding subtle motion to the tranquil scene. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1940s home movie feel. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or nostalgic content.

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: 124603928

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1946 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: Quebec, Canada 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: Supports 1940s Quebec nature or travel edits needing a quiet lakeside boat-view cutaway with birds, rippling water, and wooded shoreline.
Period detail: The footage may show a mid-1940s amateur travel perspective, with no visible modern structures, signage, vehicles, or clothing cues in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie viewpoint from a moving boat, watching shoreline, water texture, and brief bird movement rather than a composed scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue rippling lake water, a distant wooded shoreline, dark frame edges, soft sky, small birds in flight, and slight boat or camera motion.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, gate edges, and handheld instability consistent with scanned family travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, geographic transition, lake travel cutaway, or reflective memory beat between more specific Quebec scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a quiet lakeside environment in Quebec as seen by an amateur camera, without visible settlement, people, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location-specific permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1940s Quebec lake footage, 8mm home movie water and trees, vintage boat view, birds over lake, and archival Canadian nature scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1946 Quebec lake material, then broader vintage Canadian nature or travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1946 Quebec 8mm view across rippling blue lake water toward a dense wooded shoreline, framed by dark gate edges. — Rippling lake water and wooded shore seen from an amateur boat-view perspective.

1946 Quebec lakeside frame with rippling water, tree-lined shore, dark edge framing, and a small bird visible in flight. — A small bird crosses the lakeside view above rippling water and distant trees.

1946 Quebec home-movie frame showing blue lake water in the foreground and a dense green shoreline beyond. — The camera holds on the wooded shore as the boat or handheld camera shifts slightly.

1946 Quebec lake view with rippled blue water, dense shoreline trees, and small birds visible against the wooded background. — Birds appear near the wooded shoreline above the rippling lake surface.

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