New York-1973: Calm Waters and Trees at Lakeside

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Calm Waters and Trees at Lakeside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in New York. Calm waters ripple gently in the foreground, reflecting a dense treeline of lush green trees along the shoreline. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and a slightly faded, blue-tinted color palette characteristic of 1970s home movies. The camera remains steady, offering a peaceful, observational view of nature. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed 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: 125589052

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1012 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: swimming
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new york
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: New York, 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: Useful for 1970s New York nature or leisure edits needing a short 8mm lakeside establishing view or reflective outdoor cutaway.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1973 home-movie view of a wooded New York shoreline, with period clues coming mainly from the 8mm color stock and scan texture.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the water and tree line from a quiet shoreline vantage, with any people appearing only as distant, incidental figures if present.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling water, a wooded bank, grassy shoreline, dark frame edges, soft focus, and possible small distant figures near the shore.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, slight blue color shift, soft exposure, and steady observational framing consistent with amateur home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm insert, transition, environmental cutaway, or memory beat between more specific New York or family-reel scenes.
Historical context: The scene offers modest visual context for outdoor recreation or landscape observation in the early 1970s without identifying a specific lake or event.
Research note: Review for incidental likeness because people are flagged visible; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 New York 8mm lake footage, 1970s wooded shoreline home movie, calm water archival cutaway, and vintage nature B-roll.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with verified New York 1973 material, and then with broader 1970s lakeside or wooded-water scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New York 8mm frame of calm water facing a tree-lined bank, with soft focus and blue-tinted film color. — Calm water ripples in front of a wooded shoreline.

1973 New York home-movie frame showing rippling water and a dense tree line along the far bank. — A steady view looks across water toward trees on the far shore.

1973 New York 8mm view of a lake or river edge, with trees, rippled water, and possible distant people near the shoreline. — The camera holds on water and a shaded wooded bank.

1973 New York 8mm frame of calm water, a low grassy shore, and trees in soft blue-tinted home-movie color. — Water fills the foreground beneath a soft, wooded shoreline.

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