Oregon-1957: Swan Swimming In Lagoon

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationOregon, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Oregon

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Swan Swimming In Lagoon — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1957 captures a graceful white swan swimming in a deep blue lagoon. The footage opens with a close-up of the swan's orange beak and textured white feathers, then pulls back to reveal its elegant neck and body gliding across the water. The scene is bathed in a cool, saturated blue light, creating a serene and nostalgic atmosphere. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color shifts characteristic of 8mm home movie footage from the era. This archival clip offers a timeless glimpse of wildlife, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127714566

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Oregon 8mm wildlife footage suited to documentary or educational requests needing a quiet swan lagoon cutaway from an archival home-movie source.
Period detail: The saturated color, soft focus, and 8mm frame texture support a 1957 home-movie context, though no visible landmark or seasonal event identifies the exact setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera lingers on the swan from close range and then wider water views, suggesting an informal observer filming a calm wildlife moment rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white swan, orange beak, long curved neck, white feathers, dark blue rippled water, strong shadow, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, high-contrast exposure, saturated blue water, slight softness, and minor color variation that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, reflective transition, nature cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a broader 1950s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows a mid-century home-movie view of a swan on a lagoon, offering visual context for recreational wildlife observation without identifiable people or built environment.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright status and any location permissions should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1957 Oregon 8mm swan footage, vintage home movie lagoon wildlife, white swan swimming, and 1950s nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1957 Oregon footage, and then related waterbird, lagoon, or vintage wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing a tight close-up of a white swan's orange beak, neck, and feathered body in shadow. — A close-up frames the swan's beak, neck, and white feathers.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame of a white swan gliding on deep blue rippled lagoon water, its neck bent downward. — The swan glides across dark blue water with its head lowered.

A side profile shows the swan's long neck and body on the lagoon.

The swan remains in profile as its white feathers catch the light.

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