Minnesota USA-1961: Lighthouse at End of Rocky Pier

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMinnesota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Minnesota

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Lighthouse at End of Rocky Pier — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a lighthouse at the end of a pier extending into choppy waters under a bright, overcast sky. The foreground features large, dark rocks along a shoreline, with the lighthouse standing prominently in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film wear, conveying a nostalgic, archival feel of a mid-century coastal scene in Minnesota. The camera remains steady, offering a serene, timeless view of the lighthouse on a windy day.

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: 125497956

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 1028 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: mother,sioux falls, pushmobile, duluth in winter, clarence
Reel-level year note: 1960-1961
Reel-level location note: duluth,minnesota
Date: 1961 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: Minnesota, 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: 1961 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a mid-century Great Lakes shoreline lighthouse cutaway or coastal atmosphere insert.
Period detail: The scene may show early-1960s visitor-shot shoreline footage, with visible clues limited to color 8mm stock, rocky waterfront, pier, and lighthouse silhouette.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a steady visitor viewpoint from the rocks, valuing the landmark and water conditions more than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a distant lighthouse, long pier or breakwater, choppy water, rocky shoreline, pale sky, film gate edges, and light surface wear.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, gate shadow, and slight exposure variation that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a quiet establishing insert, shoreline transition, travel-memory beat, or cutaway between broader Minnesota or lake scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century amateur travel filming of a waterfront landmark, showing place and weather without identifiable people or commercial signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but users should still review location, property, and underlying film copyright status for intended use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1961 Minnesota lighthouse 8mm, vintage home movie pier, Great Lakes shoreline, rocky waterfront, and choppy lake water.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then Minnesota or 1961 waterfront material, then broader lighthouse, pier, lake, or shoreline themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Minnesota 8mm frame showing a lighthouse at the end of a pier across choppy water, with dark rocks in the foreground. — A lighthouse stands at the end of a long pier beyond rough water and shoreline rocks.

1961 Minnesota 8mm view of a lighthouse on a breakwater, framed by choppy water, shoreline rocks, and pale sky. — The lighthouse remains centered in the distance as waves move across the lake surface.

1961 Minnesota home-movie frame with shoreline rocks in front and a small lighthouse set on a long pier across the water. — Foreground rocks lead the eye toward the lighthouse and dark pier in the distance.

1961 Minnesota 8mm shot of a lighthouse and breakwater across choppy water, with dark shoreline rocks at the bottom edge. — The closing frame holds on the lighthouse, pier, water, and rocks from the same shoreline viewpoint.

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