Cincinnati Ohio-1949: Geese and Peacock by Lake Shore

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Year1949
Decade1940s
LocationCincinnatti, Ohio, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD

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Geese and Peacock by Lake Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1949, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil lakeside scene in Cincinnati, Ohio. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows a calm pond surrounded by trees and a white sand shoreline. Several birds, including geese and possibly a peacock, are seen near the water's edge and on the sand. The image has the characteristic grain, slight blur, and color fading of mid-century home movies, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera remains mostly static, offering a quiet glimpse of nature and wildlife from a personal perspective.

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: 127602000

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: 1949 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: Cincinnatti, Ohio, 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: Useful for 1940s home-movie requests needing a quiet Cincinnati-area lakeside wildlife cutaway or establishing detail.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century park or landscaped pond, with sandy shoreline, simple paths, trees, and no visible modern signage or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from behind a window or dark frame, giving the footage a personal visitor-shot perspective rather than a staged wildlife view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm pond water, pale sand, shoreline rocks, trees and bushes, distant path or fence, and several water birds near the bank.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, muted color, light flicker, visible grain, and small dust marks consistent with late-1940s amateur color footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, memory beat, quiet transition, or visual pause within a family travel or city-park sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers a small-scale view of leisure landscape and wildlife observation, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific park or landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1949 8mm Cincinnati lake birds, vintage home movie pond geese, or 1940s park wildlife footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with Cincinnati or 1949 home movies, then with lakeside birds, parks, and quiet nature cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1949 Cincinnati-area 8mm frame showing a calm pond, pale sandy bank, trees, and a distant path viewed through a dark window-like frame. — Calm pond and pale shoreline viewed from behind a dark frame.

1949 Cincinnati-area home-movie still of a curving pale pond bank with trees, rocks, calm water, and a distant fence or path. — Curving sandy shoreline borders the pond with trees beyond.

1949 Cincinnati-area 8mm frame showing water birds near shoreline rocks, pale sand, pond water, and sparse vegetation. — Water birds gather along the sandy edge of the pond.

1949 Cincinnati-area home-movie still with several geese or similar water birds on pale sand beside pond water and trees. — Birds stand and move along the sandy lakeside bank.

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