Washington-1964: Mallard Duck Swims Across Lake

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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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Mallard Duck Swims Across Lake — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a serene lake scene framed by dark window borders. The water's surface ripples gently under natural light, with a dense forested shoreline visible in the distance. A mallard duck glides across the water, creating small waves as it swims. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic slice of mid-century Americana is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127382622

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Washington home-movie lake footage for documentary, education, or editorial sequences needing quiet wildlife and forest shoreline atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-1960s amateur filming through dark frame borders, with no visible modern structures, signage, or vehicles to refine the date beyond supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on rippling water and a mallard duck rather than a formal wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include lake water, a forested far shoreline, dark film or window borders, ripples, a mallard duck, and a small rock or shoreline edge.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, muted color, and slight exposure variation that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a nature cutaway, quiet transition, memory beat, or establishing insert within a Pacific Northwest travel or family-reel sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational home-movie attention to local nature and waterside scenery without showing identifiable people, buildings, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any wildlife or land-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Washington lake 8mm footage, vintage mallard duck home movie, forest shoreline water ripples, and archival nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington lake scenes, then broader vintage water, forest, and wildlife home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame of rippling lake water and a distant forested shore seen through dark film or window borders. — Lake surface and forested shoreline framed by dark borders.

1964 Washington lake view with textured water, distant tree line, and dark vertical borders from the filmed framing. — Open water ripples below a wooded far shore.

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing rippled lake water, a low wooded shoreline, and heavy dark borders at the sides. — Rippling water fills the foreground beneath a forested shore.

1964 Washington 8mm frame of a mallard duck swimming near a small rock at the edge of rippling lake water. — A mallard duck glides near a rock on the lake surface.

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