Idaho-1955: View Of Tree Covered Hill And Blue Ocean Water On A Clear Day

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Year1955
Decade1950s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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View Of Tree Covered Hill And Blue Ocean Water On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1955, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a tree-covered hillside overlooking calm blue ocean water on a clear day. The footage, framed by the dark edges of a film projector or viewer, shows gentle ripples on the water and a dense forested slope under a pale sky. Visible film grain, scratches, and slight color fading give the clip an authentic retro quality, evoking a nostalgic sense of mid-century Americana and peaceful outdoor scenery.

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: 127546595

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: 1955 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: Idaho, 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: 1950s Idaho home-movie cutaway for productions needing a quiet lakeside landscape, forested hillside, or outdoor memory beat without visible people.
Period detail: The frames show soft 8mm color, rounded frame edges, and mid-century home-movie texture, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to date the scene beyond the supplied 1955 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot scenic pause, holding on water and a wooded slope as if filmed from a boat, shoreline, or overlook during a family outing.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippled blue water, a forested hillside, pale sky, distant shoreline, dark film-gate borders, vertical frame divisions, grain, and small surface scratches.
Film character: The footage has muted color, soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and gate-edge framing that preserve the feel of a scanned 8mm home movie.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a quiet establishing insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat between travel, family, or regional outdoor sequences.
Historical context: As visual context, the clip shows mid-century amateur filming of a scenic Idaho waterfront landscape rather than a documented public event or identifiable landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in these frames, but copyright, source ownership, and location identification should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1955 Idaho 8mm lake view, vintage home movie forested hillside water, mid-century scenic shoreline, and 1950s outdoor travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Idaho or 1955 travel footage, and then with broader vintage lake, forest, and quiet nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing a wooded hillside beyond blue rippled water, seen through dark film-gate edges. — A tree-covered hillside rises beyond rippled water in a soft 8mm landscape frame.

1955 Idaho home-movie view of a forested slope and shoreline across calm blue water, with visible 8mm gate framing. — The camera holds on a wooded slope and shoreline beyond the water.

1955 Idaho 8mm still with a rounded tree-covered hill, distant shoreline, and rippled water under a pale sky. — A rounded wooded hill and narrow shoreline sit across the water.

1955 Idaho 8mm frame showing a forested hillside above blue water, with dark vertical gate borders and faded color. — The final still keeps the forested hillside and water centered within the film borders.

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