New York-1971: A Forested Hill Beside A Calm Lake And Stones On The Lake Bed

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationNew York, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 New York

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A Forested Hill Beside A Calm Lake And Stones On The... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1971 captures a serene lakeside landscape in New York. The clip opens with a wide view of a forested hillside in autumn, its trees displaying a mix of green, yellow, and orange foliage under an overcast sky. The camera then shifts to an underwater perspective, revealing a calm lake bed with smooth stones and pebbles resting on the sandy bottom. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel perfect for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125772303

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 1008 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: new york,vermont,new hampshire,maine
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: 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, lake, and autumn landscape requests needing non-commercial 8mm home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s amateur travel filming, with no visible structures, vehicles, clothing, or signage to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a quiet lakeside observation, shifting from a distant wooded hillside to the shallow water at the shore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a forested hillside, muted autumn foliage, calm lake water, a shoreline band, submerged stones, pebbles, and sandy lake bed.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, mild color fading, and handheld framing that give the landscape a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature insert, seasonal transition, reflective cutaway, or memory beat between more narrative scenes.
Historical context: The footage records a low-key recreational view of a New York lake environment without identifiable people, property, or public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1971 New York lake 8mm, autumn forest hillside home movie, or underwater lake stones vintage footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other New York 1971 nature scenes, then broader 1970s lake, forest, and autumn home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing a wooded hillside with early autumn color beyond still lake water. — A wooded hillside rises beyond the calm lake surface.

1971 New York home-movie view of a forested hill and shoreline reflected near a quiet lake edge. — The camera holds on the tree-covered hill across the water.

1971 New York 8mm frame looking into clear shallow lake water over smooth stones and pale pebbles. — The view drops to stones and pebbles beneath the shallow water.

1971 New York home-movie frame showing rounded rocks, pebbles, and sandy lake bed through calm water. — Rounded rocks sit on the lake bed beneath the quiet surface.

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