New York-1971: A Serene Lakeside View With Autumn Trees And Distant Hills

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

A Serene Lakeside View With Autumn Trees And Distant Hills — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in New York. The footage shows a calm body of water with a distant shoreline lined with trees displaying early autumn colors. Rolling hills rise in the background under a hazy, overcast sky, creating a peaceful, nostalgic atmosphere. The grainy texture and soft color palette are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125772887

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: New York, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

huge
river
hills
place
visit
nature
new york
1971
1971 home movie footage
vintage 8mm film
New York landscape
autumn foliage
lakeside scenery
Super 8 home movie
archival nature footage
retro 1970s
scenic river view
hazy mountain backdrop
nostalgic travel footage
vintage documentary clip
old film grain
Americana nostalgia
1970s home video
peaceful nature scene
family vacation film
classic 8mm footage
historical landscape
vintage outdoor footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 New York 8mm home-movie lake scenery for documentary inserts, regional history sequences, travel memory pieces, or quiet archival transitions.
Period detail: The frames may show early 1970s amateur travel filming through soft color reversal stock, with shoreline cottages, autumn trees, distant hills, and no visible modern intrusions.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, lingering on a calm lake and surrounding hills as a scenic memory rather than a composed commercial landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, wooded shoreline, autumn foliage, small lakeside structures, hazy hills, overcast sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, muted color, slight haze, and contact-sheet frame edges that support its home-movie provenance.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, contemplative transition, seasonal cutaway, or memory beat between family, travel, or regional-history scenes.
Historical context: The view offers visual context for leisure travel and lakeside scenery in New York in 1971, without identifiable people, signage, or specific landmarks visible.
Research note: No people, brands, or readable signage are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any lakeside property considerations should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 New York 8mm lake footage, autumn lakeside home movie, vintage Adirondack-style scenery, and 1970s rural water landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1971 New York landscapes, and finally with broader 1970s lakes, autumn travel, and home-movie scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing a wooded lakeshore with autumn color, small waterside structures, distant hills, and soft haze. — Autumn trees and small shoreline structures sit across a calm lake beneath hazy hills.

1971 New York 8mm frame looking across calm lake water toward wooded slopes and layered hills under an overcast, hazy sky. — A broad lake surface leads toward wooded hills softened by haze.

1971 New York 8mm frame of calm lake water, a low distant shoreline, hazy hills, and a dark wooded slope along the right edge. — The camera holds on open water with a distant shore and shadowed hillside.

1971 New York 8mm frame showing a tranquil lake, low wooded shoreline, hazy hills, muted sky, and visible film-frame borders. — A muted lakeside landscape recedes into layered hills and soft sky.

Visually Similar Clips