Ithaca New York-1979: Ducks Swimming in Pond with White Duck Among Mallards

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Year1979
Decade1970s
LocationIthaca, New York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Ducks Swimming in Pond with White Duck Among Mallards — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1979, this vintage home movie captures a serene pond scene in Ithaca, New York, featuring a flock of ducks swimming in calm water. A striking white duck stands out among the darker mallards, creating a vivid contrast in the cool, purplish-blue tint of the film. The footage shows gentle ripples and natural movement as the birds glide across the surface, with some close-up views highlighting their silhouettes against the water. The grainy texture and color shift are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring nature and vintage film aesthetics.

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: 125226203

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: 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: Ithaca, New York, United States 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: Useful for 1970s home-movie requests needing quiet nature, waterfowl, pond life, or nonhuman cutaway footage for documentary, editorial, museum, or education edits.
Period detail: The footage may show 1979 8mm home-movie color response, with cool purplish-blue cast, soft focus, and pond-side ducks rather than identifiable buildings or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ducks from a casual shoreline viewpoint, moving between wider flock views and closer silhouetted mallards without staged action or human presence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include mallards, a white duck, rippled pond water, shallow shoreline texture, dark duck silhouettes, and a split-frame contact-sheet presentation.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft exposure, color shift toward blue and purple, and slight handheld framing that support its home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature insert, waterfowl cutaway, reflective transition, or memory beat within a sequence about local ponds, wildlife, or 1970s home movies.
Historical context: The scene documents everyday outdoor observation in Ithaca, New York, with ducks on a pond, but the frames do not identify a specific park, season, or event.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, or private property are visible, though users should still clear footage copyright and confirm any location or species claims needed for publication.
Research search match: Searches such as 1979 Ithaca duck pond 8mm footage, vintage mallards swimming, white duck among mallards, and 1970s home movie waterfowl would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Ithaca 1979 outdoor footage, then broader 1970s home-movie nature, pond, bird, or water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1979 Ithaca home-movie frame showing several ducks on a pond, including a bright white duck among darker mallards in blue-tinted 8mm footage. — Ducks move across rippled pond water, with one white duck standing out among the mallards.

Blue-tinted 8mm frame from Ithaca in 1979 showing a white duck and mallards swimming near the shallow edge of a pond. — A white duck and mallards cluster near the pond edge in a wider home-movie view.

Close 8mm home-movie view of a mallard-like duck in dark silhouette, reflected on calm pond water in Ithaca, New York. — A closer shot isolates a duck silhouette and its reflection on the pond surface.

1979 Ithaca 8mm frame with a single dark duck silhouette on calm pond water, emphasizing reflection, soft focus, and cool color shift. — A single duck appears in silhouette against calm, blue-toned pond water.

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