New York-1971: Sunset over Calm Lake with Silhouetted Trees

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

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Sunset over Calm Lake with Silhouetted Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a serene sunset over a calm body of water, likely a lake or coastal inlet. Dark silhouettes of trees and distant hills frame the horizon beneath a sky filled with soft, layered clouds tinged with warm orange and pink hues. The grainy texture and subtle film imperfections enhance the nostalgic, timeless quality of this peaceful natural scene. A quiet, contemplative moment preserved in classic Super 8 footage.

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: 125772753

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: 1971 New York 8mm nature footage suited for documentary inserts, reflective transitions, or archival atmosphere around waterfront landscapes and quiet travel memories.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1970s home-movie view of open water, tree-lined shore, distant low hills, and sunset clouds, with no visible people, signs, vehicles, or landmarks to further identify place.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler or family member pausing to film a calm view through the camera, valuing mood and memory over event coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad body of water, dark wooded shoreline, low hills, layered clouds, warm dusk sky, and the rounded edges and divider bars of the scanned film frame.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, dust marks, and contact-sheet framing that add period texture without changing the simple waterfront subject.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, memory beat, scene transition, or establishing insert for a 1970s New York lakeside or coastal sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects ordinary leisure or travel filming of a natural waterfront view, offering environmental atmosphere rather than evidence of a specific public event or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any project-specific rights review should still be handled separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 New York 8mm sunset water, vintage home movie clouds over lake, 1970s waterfront trees, and Super 8 style calm nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other New York 1971 waterfront or travel footage, and then broader 1970s home-movie nature and sunset material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing layered dusk clouds above calm water and a silhouetted tree-lined shore. — Layered clouds hang over a still body of water and dark shoreline at dusk.

1971 New York 8mm frame with soft clouds, a dim horizon, calm water, and dark scanned film-frame dividers. — A muted sunset sky sits above water and a silhouetted shoreline.

1971 New York 8mm frame showing a dark tree ridge, calm water, and warm evening clouds over the horizon. — A dark wooded ridge divides the water from the warm clouded sky.

1971 New York 8mm frame with a cloud band above silhouetted trees and a smooth water surface at dusk. — Clouds stretch across the horizon above still water and a dark tree line.

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