Moscow Russia-1983: Dead Fish Lying On Grass With Pond Lilies

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Year1983
Decade1980s
LocationMoscow, Russia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1983 Russia

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Dead Fish Lying On Grass With Pond Lilies — Clip Details

A 1983 8mm home movie clip from Moscow, Russia, shows a dead fish lying on dry grass, its scales and form visible in grainy black-and-white. The scene shifts to a pond with lily pads floating on the surface, captured with the characteristic soft focus and film grain of vintage Super 8 footage. The quiet, somber imagery evokes a sense of forgotten nature and personal memory, preserved in analog film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124820197

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: 1983 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: Moscow, Russia 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: 1983 Moscow home-movie nature footage suited to documentary inserts about urban waterways, environmental unease, or quiet personal observation.
Period detail: The frames may show 1980s Soviet-era home-movie material through the stated Moscow 1983 metadata, with no visible landmarks or dated public signs.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a dead fish and nearby pond lilies at close range, giving the clip an unstaged record of someone noticing a small outdoor scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dead fish on dry grass, scattered stems, soft ground texture, pond lily pads, dark water gaps, and edge vignetting.
Film character: Grainy black-and-white 8mm texture, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight framing drift give the material a physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a somber cutaway, environmental insert, transitional nature detail, or memory beat within a larger Moscow or home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip provides a small-scale view of outdoor nature in Moscow rather than a public event, landmark, or identifiable social setting.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and source permissions should still be checked separately from likeness or property issues.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1983 Moscow 8mm dead fish, Soviet home movie pond lilies, black-and-white nature cutaway, and vintage fish on grass footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Moscow 1983 material, and finally with pond, fish, water, or environmental nature imagery.

Still Frames From This Clip

A dead fish lies on dry grass in 1983 Moscow 8mm home-movie footage, framed in soft black-and-white with heavy edge vignetting. — Dead fish on dry grass, seen in close-up on grainy 8mm film.

The dead fish remains on dry grass, its pale body and scales visible in soft black-and-white 8mm footage from the Moscow 1983 clip. — Close view of the dead fish with grass and stems around it.

A closer 1983 Moscow frame shows the dead fish stretched across dry grass, with soft focus and visible black-and-white 8mm grain. — Closer detail of the fish body lying in grass.

The clip shifts to a pond surface with lily pads, dark water gaps, and plant stems, still in grainy 1983 Moscow 8mm home-movie footage. — Pond lilies and plant stems on the water surface.

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