Israel-1960: Lake with Reeds and Stone Staircase

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationIsrael
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Israel

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Lake with Reeds and Stone Staircase — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside landscape in Israel. The footage shows calm blue water gently lapping against a shore lined with golden-brown reeds and green trees, with distant hills under a clear sky. A small stone staircase leads down to the water's edge near a roadside, suggesting a quiet, natural retreat. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, peaceful 1960s atmosphere. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects exploring mid-century life and nature.

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: 127482012

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1960 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: Israel 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: Useful for 1960s Israel archive requests needing a quiet lakeside or roadside water cutaway from amateur 8mm travel footage.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century roadside landscaping, stone steps, simple railings, reeds, and open shoreline seen in 1960 home-movie material.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, observing water, reeds, hills, and a small access stair without arranged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue water, reed-covered banks, trees, distant hills, a stone staircase, railings, a road edge, and a small human figure near the water.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, saturated blues and browns, visible grain, slight gate framing, and handheld exposure shifts typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm nature insert, travel transition, environmental cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1960s Israel sequence.
Historical context: The scene places a quiet water access point and surrounding vegetation within a broader travel record, without identifying a specific lake or landmark.
Research note: People appear small and indistinct, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location, and any property concerns should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1960 8mm Israel lakeside footage, reeds by water, roadside lake steps, calm shoreline home movie, and mid-century travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1960 Israel landscapes, and then broader themes of lakes, rivers, roadsides, and travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 Israel 8mm frame showing calm blue water, reed-lined banks, trees, and distant hills under a clear sky. — Reed-lined waterway with trees and distant hills across the shore.

1960 Israel lakeside view with open water, golden reeds, trees, and pale hills beyond the far shore. — Open water and reed-covered shoreline with hills beyond.

1960 Israel 8mm frame showing stone steps, metal railings, water, reeds, and a small indistinct person near the lower landing. — Stone staircase and railings leading down toward the water's edge.

1960 Israel roadside water access with a stone stairway, railings, reeds, trees, and a small indistinct figure near the steps. — Roadside stairway and railing at a reed-lined water access point.

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