Florida USA-1973: Crocodile Approaching Shore and Eating Near Lake

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Crocodile Approaching Shore and Eating Near Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a crocodile moving through shallow water near the shore of a Florida lake. The footage shows the reptile partially submerged among tall grasses and bushes, its dark form gliding through the water as it approaches the bank. The image has a distinct blue-purple color cast typical of aged film, with visible grain and slight motion blur. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat, evoking a sense of nostalgia and raw nature.

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: 125582255

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 1014 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1973-1974
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1973 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: Florida, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Florida wildlife home-movie footage for productions needing a brief natural-history cutaway of a large reptile at a lake shore.
Period detail: The scan may show 1973 amateur 8mm color footage, with no visible signage, buildings, clothing, or vehicles to independently date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged observer's view, holding on a dark reptile moving through shallow water and vegetation from a nearby bank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark reptile, shallow lake water, shoreline grasses, bushes, floating debris, and dense waterside vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm image has strong blue-purple fading, coarse grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, environmental cutaway, transition into Florida wetlands, or a brief memory beat within a 1970s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual lakeside wildlife encounter in Florida, with the reptile seen among natural shoreline plants rather than a controlled exhibit.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or species identification needs separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Florida 8mm wildlife footage, crocodile near lake shore, reptile in shallow water, and vintage home movie wetlands.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Florida lake footage, then broader 1970s wildlife or wetland home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Florida 8mm frame showing a dark crocodile-like reptile in shallow water beside shoreline grasses and bushes. — A dark reptile is partly visible in shallow water near dense lakeside vegetation.

1973 Florida 8mm frame with a dark reptile moving through shallow lake water near tall grasses and leafy brush. — The reptile remains low in the water as it approaches the vegetated bank.

1973 Florida home-movie frame showing a dark reptile shape in shallow water, surrounded by grasses and bushes along the lake edge. — A dark reptile shape is visible near the center of the shallow shoreline water.

1973 Florida 8mm frame showing a dark crocodile-like reptile close to the bank, framed by grasses, brush, and shallow water. — The reptile is close to the shoreline, partially obscured by grasses and brush.

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