Oregon-1957: Mallard and Female Duck Eating on Land and Water

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationOregon, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Oregon

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Mallard and Female Duck Eating on Land and Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a pair of ducks in a sun-drenched backyard. A male mallard with a dark green head and white neck ring stands alert on the grass, while a mottled brown female forages nearby. The scene transitions to the ducks swimming in a pond, their feathers glistening in the water. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and natural lighting, offering a nostalgic glimpse of wildlife in a domestic setting. This authentic 1950s home movie is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 127714543

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: 1957 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: Oregon, 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: 1950s Oregon home-movie footage of mallard ducks on grass and water for documentary cutaways, nature inserts, or domestic wildlife context.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color, soft exposure, and a backyard or pond setting, with the 1957 Oregon date supported by clip metadata rather than visible landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes ducks feeding and swimming at close range, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie quality focused on ordinary animal behavior.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two mallards, grass, pond water, ripples, sunlit feathers, dark frame borders, and contact-sheet divisions.
Film character: The footage has warm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as authentic small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, nature transition, domestic memory beat, or visual bridge between family-yard and pond scenes.
Historical context: The clip reflects midcentury amateur filming of everyday wildlife around a domestic outdoor setting without visible people, signage, or public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location, property, and animal-use context should still be checked for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1957 Oregon 8mm ducks, vintage mallard home movie, ducks eating on grass, and ducks swimming in pond footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1957 Oregon home movies, then broader vintage duck, pond, backyard wildlife, and 1950s nature cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing two mallards on grass, one standing alert and one foraging near the camera. — Two ducks forage and stand on a sunlit lawn.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame of a mottled duck swimming alone on rippled pond water in warm, soft light. — A mottled duck floats across dark pond water.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing a male mallard and a mottled duck swimming near each other on rippled water. — A pair of ducks moves together across the pond.

A male mallard glides across the pond in profile.

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