Otago New Zealand-1978: Shaggy White Long-Horned Goat Turning Its Head in Tussock Grass

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationOtago, New Zealand
Duration2s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Otago, New Zealand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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

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What is in this clip

animals
livestock
tourism
high country
travel home movies
rural New Zealand

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld
Setting: outdoor · Dry tussock grassland on a hillside with a rock outcrop at upper left
Time and weather: day · sunny
Lighting: Bright natural daylight with soft shadows
People: 0
Animals: white long-haired goat · brown animal, partly visible
Objects: tussock grass · rock outcrop
Colors: cream white · straw yellow · olive green · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The white goat stands in tussock facing the camera.
It turns its head toward screen left.
It holds in profile as a brown animal edges in at left.
The animal shifts slightly before the shot ends.

Shaggy White Long-Horned Goat Turning Its Head in... — Clip Details

Likely the Lake Wakatipu district of Otago, New Zealand, circa 1978, home movie footage. A shaggy white long-haired goat with wide, twisting horns stands in dry tussock grass and looks straight at the camera. It then turns its head to screen left and holds in profile, while the edge of a brown animal appears at the left side of the frame. The single close shot is handheld, on grainy Super 8 colour film with warm, slightly faded tones and a few dust specks.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 2s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002367

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

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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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supplies a circa 1978 close animal shot for productions about New Zealand travel, high-country farming or 1970s tourist attractions.
Period detail: Nothing in frame is dated by itself, but the warm, slightly faded Super 8 colour may show the late 1970s look of the rest of the reel.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor at a deer and goat park filmed the animal from close range as it stared back and then looked away, a typical unstaged tourist encounter.
What appears in frame: A shaggy white goat with long twisting horns, its pink muzzle and drooping ears, dry tussock grass, a dark rock outcrop at upper left and the edge of a brown animal at lower left.
Film character: Fine Super 8 grain, gentle softness, warm straw tones and a few dust specks and a hair give the shot an authentic projected-film texture.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or comic memory beat between landscape and town shots in a South Island travel sequence.
Historical context: The reel places this stop in the Lake Wakatipu district, where deer and goat parks were part of the visitor circuit alongside lake cruises.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork are visible; copyright in the home movie is separate, and the animal park location is not identifiable from these frames alone.
Research search match: Researchers might search 'vintage Super 8 goat close-up', '1970s New Zealand animal park footage' or 'Otago tussock home movie'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the red deer stag and hind in tussock and the lake steamer from this reel, then with other circa 1978 Otago footage, then with vintage farm animal close-ups.

Still Frames From This Clip

Long-haired white goat facing the camera in tussock grass, Otago, New Zealand, circa 1978, Super 8 home movie — A long-horned white goat looks straight at the camera in high-country tussock, circa 1978.
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White goat turning its head in dry tussock at a deer and goat park in Otago, New Zealand, circa 1978 — The goat starts to turn away, showing the sweep of one long horn.
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In profile, the goat's long coat and curved horns stand out against the grass as a brown animal edges in.

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Long-haired white goat in tussock grass, Lake Wakatipu district, New Zealand, circa 1978, with Super 8 dust specks — The goat holds its side profile at the end of the shot; film dust marks the frame.
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