New York-1971: Giant Anorthosite Rock In Woods With Sign And Smaller Rock

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

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Giant Anorthosite Rock In Woods With Sign And Smaller Rock — Clip Details

NEW YORK-1971: A large, weathered grey boulder sits in a sun-dappled forest, its surface textured and worn. A small informational sign stands beside it, identifying the rock as anorthosite, one of the oldest known to man, estimated to be 1.5 billion years old. The scene is framed by tall trees and dappled sunlight, with a second, smaller rock visible near tree roots in a later shot. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a quiet moment of natural history in the New York woods.

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: 125773069

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 New York 8mm footage suited to documentary or educational requests for natural-history cutaways, forest geology, or visitor-shot views of marked rock formations.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s visitor signage, handheld framing, and wooded park presentation around a labeled anorthosite boulder in New York.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the boulder and sign from a quiet visitor perspective, then shifts to a smaller rock near tree roots without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large grey boulder, a dark informational sign, tall forest trunks, dappled sunlight, leaf litter, exposed roots, and a smaller rock by a tree.
Film character: The 8mm scan has warm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, natural-history insert, quiet transition, or memory beat within a 1970s travel or geology sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents how a marked geological object was encountered in a wooded public-looking setting, without visible people, vehicles, or modern signage.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private interiors are visible, but the sign text and site identity should be reviewed separately for copyright and property context.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1971 New York 8mm forest boulder, anorthosite rock sign home movie, vintage geology cutaway, and wooded nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other New York 1971 outdoor footage, then broader 1970s home-movie nature or geology scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 New York 8mm frame showing a large weathered grey boulder with an informational sign among tall trees. — A marked anorthosite boulder sits in a wooded setting with sunlight filtering through the trees.

Large anorthosite boulder and nearby sign appear in a wooded New York setting on 1971 home-movie film. — The camera holds on the boulder and sign from a visitor's viewpoint in the forest.

Closer 8mm view of the marked grey boulder, with the sign partly readable and trees behind it. — The boulder fills more of the frame while the small sign remains visible at the left edge.

Later frame shows a smaller grey rock near exposed tree roots and branches in the same wooded setting. — A smaller rock lies beside a tree trunk and exposed roots, shifting attention away from the main boulder.

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