Washington-1964: Mallard and Shoveler Ducks on Pebble Beach

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Year1964
Decade1960s
LocationWashington, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Mallard and Shoveler Ducks on Pebble Beach — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1964, this vintage home movie captures a female mallard duck standing on a pebble-strewn beach, its mottled brown and black feathers detailed against the gray gravel. The scene transitions to a male shoveler duck with a striking black head, white breast, and chestnut flanks, also standing on the same gravelly surface. Both birds are shown in natural daylight, with subtle film grain and soft color saturation characteristic of Super 8 footage. The footage offers a quiet, observational look at waterfowl in a natural setting, evoking a sense of nostalgia and archival charm.

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: 127382686

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 footage of ducks on a gravel shore can serve nature, wildlife, education, and documentary cutaway needs.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-1960s amateur color 8mm filming, with no visible landmarks, signage, clothing, or built environment to date the scene beyond supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet, unstaged quality of a home-movie observer pausing on waterfowl at close range rather than staging animal behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mottled brown duck, a black-headed duck, chestnut flanks, white breast feathers, orange feet, gray gravel, sparse grass, and film-frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, modest color saturation, and contact-sheet frame borders give the shot a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, transition, natural-history cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a Pacific Northwest or 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary amateur attention to local waterfowl and shoreline habitat without showing people, buildings, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, species identification, location claims, and project-specific rights needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1964 Washington 8mm ducks, vintage home movie waterfowl on gravel beach, mallard and shoveler duck footage, and 1960s wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1964 Washington nature footage, then broader vintage home-movie waterfowl or shoreline wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a mottled brown duck standing on a pebble-covered shore in natural light. — A mottled brown duck stands in profile on a gravelly shoreline.

1964 Washington 8mm frame showing a black-headed duck with white breast and chestnut flanks standing on gravel. — A black-headed duck with bright white breast feathers stands on the pebble beach.

1964 Washington 8mm frame of a dark-headed duck turned partly away on a gray gravel shoreline. — The duck turns its head while standing on the gravel surface.

A dark-headed duck remains on the pebble shore, framed by the edge of the film scan.

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