Irvine California-1974: Waterbuck Rests and Chews on Grassy Field

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationIrvine, California, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 Irvine California

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Waterbuck Rests and Chews on Grassy Field — Clip Details

A majestic waterbuck rests on a grassy field in this 1974 8mm home movie footage from Irvine, California. The antelope, with its distinctive reddish-brown coat and curved horns, lies calmly on the green pasture, occasionally chewing and looking around. Shot through a window frame, the clip captures the animal in its natural habitat with authentic film grain and warm color tones typical of vintage Super 8 footage. This archival wildlife moment offers a nostalgic glimpse of nature in the 1970s.

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: 127393795

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: 1974 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: Irvine, California, 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: This 1974 Irvine 8mm wildlife clip helps solve requests for 1970s animal cutaways, zoo or habitat inserts, and quiet natural-history moments in documentary edits.
Period detail: The frames may show a 1970s home-movie view of a horned waterbuck resting on grass, with era clues carried mainly by the 8mm color, grain, and framing.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is in the patient home-movie observation of the animal chewing and looking around from a fixed, visitor-like viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reclining horned waterbuck, reddish-brown coat, pale muzzle, grassy field, scattered dark ground marks, soft focus, and black frame edges.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, muted warm color, mild softness, and steady observational framing that read as physical-film archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, calm transition, animal behavior cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1970s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for filmed animal observation in Southern California in 1974 without confirming a specific facility or managed habitat from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, source permissions, and any location or property considerations should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1974 Irvine 8mm waterbuck footage, 1970s antelope home movie, horned animal chewing on grass, and vintage wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Irvine 1974 material, then broader 1970s 8mm wildlife or zoo-visit footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Irvine 8mm frame showing a horned waterbuck resting on grass with its head raised toward the camera. — A reclining waterbuck rests on a grassy field with its head raised.

The waterbuck remains lying down, turning its head slightly across the field.

1974 Irvine 8mm frame showing the reclining waterbuck in a grassy enclosure or field, with a soft home-movie look. — A closer-feeling frame shows the waterbuck resting low in the grass.

1974 Irvine 8mm frame of the horned waterbuck lying on a field, head angled left and body stretched along the grass. — The animal lies still with its head angled left and body stretched along the field.

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