Holland Michigan-1969: Gold Sun Setting Behind Grey Clouds Over Calm Lake Water

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Year1969
Decade1960s
LocationHolland, Michigan, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1969 Holland Michigan

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Gold Sun Setting Behind Grey Clouds Over Calm Lake Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1969, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm lake in Holland, Michigan. The golden sun dips below the horizon, casting warm orange and gold light across the water and through scattered grey clouds. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 home movies, with a dark frame border visible. A small sailboat silhouette appears briefly on the water, adding scale to the tranquil scene. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or historical presentations about mid-century American life and landscapes.

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: 125594310

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 1020 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1969
Reel-level location note: holland michigan
Date: 1969 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: Holland, Michigan, 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: 1969 8mm home-movie lake sunset footage suited for documentary inserts, regional history pieces, and reflective editorial transitions about Midwestern landscapes.
Period detail: The frames show few dateable objects, but the soft color, rounded frame edges, and 8mm home-movie scan support a late-1960s archival viewing context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet value of an unstaged home-movie observation, holding on a sunset over water rather than presenting a planned scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low gold sun, layered grey clouds, calm lake water, dark film-frame borders, horizon haze, and a small distant sailboat silhouette in some frames.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, slight color fading, soft focus, gate edges, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm cutaway, scene transition, end-of-day insert, or memory beat within a home-movie or regional-history sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a lakeshore sunset view in Holland, Michigan, with no visible landmarks or social activity to support more specific local claims.
Research note: No logos or private property are visible in these frames, but the clip is flagged for possible people elsewhere, so likeness and copyright review remain separate cautions.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1969 8mm Holland Michigan lake sunset, vintage home movie sunset over water, and 1960s Midwest lakeshore footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with Holland, Michigan or 1969 lake footage, then with broader sunset, water, and home-movie landscape themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1969 8mm frame from Holland, Michigan, showing a gold sun low behind layered grey clouds above calm lake water. — Low gold sun glows through grey clouds over the lake horizon.

1969 Holland, Michigan lake sunset with the sun partly veiled by clouds and a small sailboat silhouette on the water. — The sun sits low above the water as a small sailboat silhouette appears near the horizon.

A late-1960s 8mm view of the sun dipping into a grey cloud layer over calm water in Holland, Michigan. — Orange light from the setting sun breaks through a darker cloud bank over the lake.

1969 8mm Holland, Michigan sunset frame with a small gold sun below heavy clouds over still lake water. — A small gold sun remains visible beneath heavy clouds at the lake horizon.

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