Queenstown New Zealand-1978: Kilted Pipe Band Marches Past a Film Crew on a Camera Dolly

Catalog date: estimated · Catalog location: estimated. Review source evidence · Request a source quality check

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationQueenstown, Otago, New Zealand
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

From the same film reel

1978 · Marlborough Sounds & Marlborough · Reel 7588725b contains 21 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1978 · Queenstown, Otago, New ZealandExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1978Explore the year →Across the yearsQueenstown, Otago, New ZealandExplore the place →

What is in this clip

Highland pipe band
Scottish heritage
filmmaking behind the scenes
tourism
parade
1970s New Zealand
music performance

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Grass lawn in a resort town with a motel block and a terraced hillside hotel behind
Time and weather: day · overcast
Lighting: soft overcast daylight
People: 30 · About two dozen pipers and drummers in Highland dress, an officer in a red tunic, a film crew of three or four in blue jackets and jeans, and a few onlookers near parked vans
Vehicles: yellow vans · white van · camera dolly on rails
Objects: bagpipes · bass and side drums · feather bonnets · sporrans · dolly track · cable · utility pole
Colors: green · red · black · white · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

Select a time to watch that moment in the preview.

The pipe band in feather bonnets and kilts advances across the lawn as a crew member bends over the camera dolly.
The crew pushes the dolly along its rails, tracking the front rank of pipers.
A man in a knitted hat steadies a cable as the pipers fill the right of frame.
Close ranks of marching pipers pass in step as the shot ends.

Kilted Pipe Band Marches Past a Film Crew on a Camera Dolly — Clip Details

Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand, circa 1978 home movie footage of a Highland pipe band in feather bonnets, red tartan kilts and white spats marching across a lawn. In the foreground a professional film crew in blue jackets works a camera dolly on rails, tracking the pipers as they advance. Behind them stand a two-storey motel block and a terraced hillside hotel, with yellow vans parked at the edge of the grass. The single handheld Super 8 shot holds steady as the ranks fill the frame.

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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002364

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only 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.

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

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: 1978 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: Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip meets requests for 1970s colour footage of a Highland pipe band in New Zealand, or for rare home-movie footage of a professional film crew working on location.
Period detail: The yellow vans, the crew's jeans and padded blue jackets, the long hairstyles and the modernist terraced hotel may show the late 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist stands just behind a professional film crew and records both the pipe band and the crew's dolly shot, a candid visitor's view of a staged shoot.
What appears in frame: A pipe band in feather bonnets and red tartan kilts, white spats on the grass, a camera dolly on rails pushed by crew in blue jackets, a man in a knitted hat holding a cable, a motel block, a terraced hillside hotel and parked yellow vans.
Film character: The Super 8 image has warm, saturated reds and greens, fine grain, soft edges and slight handheld drift, with the gentle flicker of a projected-film transfer.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a lively cutaway or memory beat for heritage, tourism or filmmaking stories, and the dolly gives it a self-referential behind-the-scenes angle.
Historical context: The frames show Scottish-style piping performed in a New Zealand resort town as a crew films it, which reflects the role of Highland traditions in South Island public life and tourism.
Research note: The film copyright belongs to the home-movie maker and is separate from the likeness rights of the identifiable band members, crew and possibly minors, and from the hotel and motel buildings shown; clearance is the licensee's responsibility.
Research search match: Researchers might search for a 1970s Highland pipe band, bagpipers marching in New Zealand, a vintage film crew with a camera dolly, Super 8 footage of Queenstown, or Scottish heritage archive film.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's vintage lake steamer and historic cottage clips, then with other circa 1978 Queenstown and Otago footage, then with archive clips of pipe bands and parades.

Still Frames From This Clip

Highland pipe band marching past a motel and terraced hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand, circa 1978, with a film crew at left — A pipe band in feather bonnets and red tartan advances across the grass as a film crew sets up its dolly, Queenstown, circa 1978.
License this still · $49

Film crew tracking a kilted pipe band on a camera dolly in Queenstown, New Zealand, circa 1978, Super 8 home movie — Crew members push a camera dolly along its track to keep pace with the marching pipers.
License this still · $49

Cable holder and dolly crew filming Highland pipers on a Queenstown lawn, New Zealand, circa 1978 — A crew member in a knitted hat handles the cable as the ranks of pipers move into the foreground.
License this still · $49

Front rank of Highland pipers marching in step past a film crew in Queenstown, New Zealand, circa 1978 — The front rank marches in step past the dolly, with bonnets, sporrans and white spats in clear view.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips