New York-1971: Lake with Autumn Trees

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

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Lake with Autumn Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in New York. The calm water reflects the surrounding forested hills, where trees display early autumn colors of green, yellow, and red. A classic lamppost stands in the foreground, framing the tranquil scene. The footage exhibits natural film grain and a slightly faded color palette, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful mood. This archival clip offers authentic 1970s Americana scenery, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic 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: 125772806

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 requests needing 1970s New York home-movie lake scenery as a calm establishing shot, seasonal cutaway, or regional nature insert.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft exposure, faded palette, and simple lakeside lamppost may show early 1970s recreational landscape filming rather than a formal scenic survey.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a person pausing to record a quiet lake view from shore, holding on water, hills, and autumn trees without directed action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, wooded hills, early autumn foliage, shoreline trees, water reflections, a foreground lamppost, and dark film-edge framing.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, mild softness, slight color fading, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie archive character.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a quiet transition, memory beat, location cutaway, or reflective insert between family, travel, or seasonal New York sequences.
Historical context: The view documents a leisure landscape of wooded shoreline and still water, offering regional environmental atmosphere without showing identifiable people or events.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, though users should still assess copyright status and any location or property implications for their use.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1971 New York 8mm lake footage, 1970s home movie autumn trees, vintage lakeside landscape, and calm water reflection cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel outdoor scenes, then other 1971 New York landscapes, and then broader 1970s lake, forest, autumn, or nostalgic travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing calm lake water, wooded shoreline, early autumn foliage, and a dark foreground lamppost. — A lamppost stands near calm lake water with forested hills beyond.

1971 New York 8mm frame looking across still lake water toward a tree-covered hill with muted autumn color. — Still water stretches toward a wooded hillside with early seasonal color.

1971 New York home-movie frame showing a lake, distant wooded slope, and subdued green, yellow, and red foliage. — A distant tree-covered slope reflects faintly in the lake below.

1971 New York 8mm frame of calm lake water facing a wooded shoreline and low hills under a pale sky. — Calm lake water faces a wooded shoreline and low hills.

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