Alaska-1980: Person Tossed High Above a Crowd in an Outdoor Blanket Toss

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Year1980
Decade1980s
LocationAlaska, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1980 · Alaska, United States

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What is in this clip

Alaska Native tradition
blanket toss
community gathering
spectators
village life
travel and tourism
celebration

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Village open ground with white frame houses, utility poles and overhead power lines
Time and weather: evening · Clear to lightly overcast sky
Lighting: Fading natural daylight, crowd nearly silhouetted against a bright sky, strong blue cast
People: 14 · A crowd of adults and at least one small figure in red, seen from behind in jackets, parkas and a quilted coat; one long-haired person in a dark jacket and jeans is tossed above them.
Objects: power poles · overhead power lines · frame houses · quilted jacket · lettered yellow jacket · hats
Colors: blue · navy · red · yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The tossed person rises into view above the crowd for the first time.
A second throw lifts the person above the spectators with arms spread.
The highest toss carries the figure well clear of the crowd, arms outstretched.

Person Tossed High Above a Crowd in an Outdoor Blanket Toss — Clip Details

In Alaska, circa 1980, home movie footage shows a crowd of onlookers, seen from behind, watching a blanket toss outdoors among white frame houses and power poles. A long-haired person in a dark jacket and jeans rises above their heads three times, and the last throw is the highest, with arms flung wide against the sky. The single steady shot is filmed from just behind the spectators in fading light, and the Super 8 film carries a strong blue colour cast.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000779

Rights & Clearance

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1980 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: Alaska, 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: Serves requests for amateur film of an Alaska blanket toss around 1980, for documentaries, museum displays and education pieces on Iñupiat traditions or Alaska travel.
Period detail: The parkas, quilted jacket and casual outerwear in the crowd may show early-1980s dress, and the frame houses and wooden power poles fit a village setting of the period.
Home-movie behavior: Shot by someone standing among the spectators, the clip captures the visitor's view of a blanket toss, peering past heads and shoulders as the figure flies up.
What appears in frame: A crowd seen from behind, a long-haired person thrown above them, white gabled houses at the edges, a tall wooden power pole, sagging power lines and a yellow lettered jacket.
Film character: Super 8 grain, soft focus and a deep blue colour shift give the scene a dusky, period texture, with the crowd going to near silhouette against a pale sky.
Edit role: Works as a short action insert or memory beat within a sequence on Alaska Native culture, or as a closing image after stage performance footage.
Historical context: Nalukataq, the blanket toss, is part of the Iñupiat spring whaling festival of Northern Alaska and is also staged for visitors, which fits the tourist viewpoint here.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from likeness: spectators are seen from behind and the tossed person is blurred, but community members, a possible minor and private houses appear, so likeness and cultural sensitivity review is advised.
Research search match: Alaska blanket toss home movie, Inupiaq nalukataq vintage film, Super 8 Alaska village crowd circa 1980, person tossed above crowd archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's kuspuk dancers in a line, the solo male dancer and the two children dancing on stage, then the caribou on the eroded slope, then other Alaska travel or Native festival footage of the period.

Still Frames From This Clip

Blanket toss in Alaska, circa 1980: a long-haired person rises above a crowd of onlookers near village houses and power lines — A tosser lifts into view above the watching crowd at the start of the blanket toss, Alaska, circa 1980.
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Motion-blurred tosser drops back into a crowd during a village blanket toss in Alaska, circa 1980, in blue-tinted Super 8 — Between throws, the blurred figure falls back toward the blanket hidden behind the crowd.
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Second blanket toss throw in an Alaska village, circa 1980: a person spreads their arms above a crowd under power lines — On the second throw the tosser spreads their arms above the spectators' heads.
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Highest blanket toss in Alaska, circa 1980: a figure in jeans soars with arms outstretched far above the crowd and power lines — The highest toss of the shot carries the figure well clear of the crowd, arms outstretched, Alaska, circa 1980.
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