Vancouver Bc Canada-1968: Herd Of Bison Grazing On Open Plains

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Herd Of Bison Grazing On Open Plains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a herd of bison grazing across a vast, open grassy plain in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The footage shows the animals moving slowly through the green field under a pale sky, with distant blue mountains forming a serene backdrop. The distinctive 8mm film grain and color saturation give the clip a nostalgic, authentic feel. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful view of wildlife in its natural habitat. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 124631751

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 1126 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: parade,donner pass
Reel-level year note: 1967-1968
Reel-level location note: reno,spokane,vancouver
Date: 1968 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: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 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: 1960s 8mm wildlife footage for productions needing a quiet archival cutaway of bison grazing on open grassland with distant mountains.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the saturated 8mm color, soft focus, and home-movie framing, with no signs, vehicles, or landmarks confirming the exact place in-frame.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distance as the herd grazes and drifts slowly, giving the scene the patient, unstaged feel of a traveler or family filming wildlife.
What appears in frame: The frames show bison spread across green plains, distant blue hills, pale sky, low brush, dark frame edges, and a small post or marker near one shot.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, strong blue-green color shift, soft detail, and slight exposure variation that read as authentic physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, regional transition, nature cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s travel or landscape sequence.
Historical context: The scene places large grazing animals in a broad open landscape, offering visual context for mid-century recreational filming of wildlife and scenery.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright and location-specific property or wildlife-use permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 8mm bison grazing, Vancouver BC home movie wildlife, open plains herd footage, and vintage Canadian nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 Vancouver or British Columbia footage, then broader 1960s wildlife and grazing-herd material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 8mm home-movie frame of bison scattered across a grassy plain near Vancouver, British Columbia, with distant blue hills. — A herd of bison grazes across open grassland beneath distant hills.

Bison graze and stand in a saturated 8mm view of open grassland near Vancouver, British Columbia, with blue mountains behind. — Bison cluster in the field while the mountain ridge fills the background.

Closer 1968 8mm frame of bison grazing on green grassland, with soft focus and a blue hillside in the background. — A nearer view shows several bison grazing and standing in the open field.

Wide 8mm home-movie view of bison dispersed across open grassland near Vancouver, with one animal close to a small post or marker. — The herd stretches across the plain as one bison grazes near the foreground edge.

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