LA Crosse Wisconsin-1971: A View Of Snow-Covered Mountains And Geese At A Lakeside

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationLa Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Wisconsin

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A View Of Snow-Covered Mountains And Geese At A Lakeside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a serene winter landscape in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The first frames show snow-dusted mountains and bare trees under a muted sky, with a rocky outcrop in the foreground. The scene transitions to a lakeside view where a flock of geese gathers along the muddy shore, with residential houses and leafless trees in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and natural camera movement, evoking a nostalgic 1970s Americana atmosphere.

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: 125770450

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 1007 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: Wisconsin,Michigan
Date: 1971 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: La Crosse, Wisconsin, 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: 1971 8mm home-movie footage for requests needing quiet Upper Midwest winter scenery, lakeside wildlife, or brief Americana cutaways.
Period detail: The lakeside houses, leafless trees, parked cars, and soft color 8mm rendering may show an early 1970s residential waterfront setting in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, holding on landscape and geese from a casual observer's position rather than a formal wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snowy bluffs or hills, bare branches, a lake edge, geese on a muddy shore, distant houses, trees, and parked cars.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, slight softness, muted color, exposure variation, and mild frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short seasonal insert, wildlife cutaway, regional transition, or reflective memory beat within a 1970s Midwest sequence.
Historical context: The frames place everyday residential life beside open water and winter wildlife, offering modest visual context for leisure landscapes in the early 1970s.
Research note: People are flagged for review, and distant homes or vehicles may require contextual assessment separate from copyright or archive license questions.
Research search match: Searches for 1971 8mm La Crosse Wisconsin lakeside geese, vintage home movie winter bluffs, or 1970s Midwest waterfront wildlife may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other La Crosse 1971 material, then 1970s lakeside wildlife or winter landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 La Crosse, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing a snowy bluff or hillside behind bare winter branches. — A snow-covered bluff or hillside appears beyond bare branches in a winter landscape.

1971 La Crosse, Wisconsin frame with a snow-dusted hillside, bare branches, and dark 8mm frame edges. — The winter hillside remains in view, with bare branches crossing the foreground.

1971 La Crosse, Wisconsin lakeside view with geese on the shore, water, bare trees, parked cars, and houses beyond. — A flock of geese lines the muddy lakeshore, with residences and trees across the water.

1971 La Crosse, Wisconsin home-movie frame showing geese along a lakeside bank with residential buildings in the background. — Geese gather near the waterline while houses and leafless trees sit across the lake.

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