Washington-1964: Ducks Rest on Gravelly Shore

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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

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Ducks Rest on Gravelly Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Washington. Ducks rest on a gravelly shore beside calm water, with one bird preening while others remain still. The footage shows natural wildlife behavior in a quiet, rustic setting, framed by the characteristic grain and color palette of Super 8 film. The scene evokes a sense of peaceful nostalgia, perfect for historical or nature-themed 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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127382519

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1964 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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: 1960s Washington home-movie wildlife footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial uses needing a quiet lakeside duck cutaway.
Period detail: The visible clues are natural shoreline, 8mm color rendering, and home-movie framing rather than identifiable landmarks or date-specific features.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged observer's view of ducks resting and preening at the edge of a lake from a fixed, distant home-movie perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ducks on gravel, rippled lake water, sparse shoreline grass, a low mound or bank, leafy branches, and dark film-gate borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, muted color, and contact-sheet framing that support its physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, rural transition, wildlife cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1960s Northwest sequence.
Historical context: The footage may show recreational or domestic observation of local wildlife, with no visible people, structures, signage, or identifiable public event in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and location identification should still be reviewed before licensing.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1964 Washington 8mm ducks, vintage home movie lake wildlife, nesting ducks shoreline, and 1960s nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Washington 1964 lakeside clips, then broader 1960s wildlife or home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing ducks on a gravelly lakeshore with water behind them and dark film borders. — Ducks rest near the waterline on a gravel shore.

1964 Washington 8mm frame with ducks grouped on a shoreline, rippled water in back, and leafy branches at the upper right. — Ducks remain still on the shore beside the lake.

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing ducks on a gravel lake edge, with one bird separated from a small group near the grass. — A duck sits apart while others rest near the shoreline grass.

1964 Washington 8mm frame of ducks resting beside a rippled lake, framed by gravel, grass, branches, and dark film borders. — Ducks stay clustered along the quiet lakeside shore.

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