Fiordland National Park New Zealand-1978: Slender Waterfall Falling From a Rainforest Overhang Into Fiord Water

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationFiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

fiord landscape
temperate rainforest
waterfall
1970s tourism
boat cruise view
New Zealand nature
travel home movie

Shot type: medium
Camera: tracking · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Steep temperate rainforest shoreline with a rock ledge dropping into still fiord water
Time and weather: day · overcast or shaded
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight with deep shadow under the foliage overhang
People: 0
Objects: waterfall · rock ledge · ferns · broad-leaved shrubs · moss · fiord water
Colors: bright green · dark green · grey · near-black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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A slender waterfall drops from a rainforest overhang into the fiord, framed near centre.
The boat drifts and the falling stream moves toward the left of the frame.
More mossy rock and foliage appear on the right as the shot ends.

Slender Waterfall Falling From a Rainforest Overhang... — Clip Details

In Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand, circa 1978, home movie footage shows a slender ribbon of water dropping from a rainforest overhang straight into dark fiord water. Broad-leaved shrubs, ferns and hanging moss spill over a grey layered rock ledge at the waterline, and the falling stream lands in a small white splash. The scene is filmed in one steady 2.8-second shot from a boat, and the view drifts slowly to the right as the vessel moves along the shore.

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: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002372

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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: Fiordland National Park, Southland, 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: Helps with requests for 1970s New Zealand fiord or rainforest scenery seen from a tourist cruise boat, as a cutaway in travel, nature or tourism-history productions.
Period detail: No dated objects are in frame, so the period comes from the 1970s colour film stock used across this Fiordland section of the reel.
Home-movie behavior: A passenger on a cruise boat points the camera at a small roadside-style waterfall in the fiord, the kind of modest detail a visitor stops to record.
What appears in frame: A thin stream of falling water, a dense overhang of broad-leaved shrubs and ferns, a mossy streak down the rock, a grey layered ledge at the waterline, a white splash and dark still water.
Film character: Saturated Super 8 greens with soft grain, gentle focus and crushed black shadows give the shot a damp, period home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short calm cutaway or transition beat within a fiord cruise sequence, or as a nature insert between landmark shots.
Historical context: Fiordland saw few visitors until the 1960s Wilmot Pass road for the Manapouri hydro scheme opened Doubtful Sound to day cruises like the one this reel records.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork are visible; the film's copyright sits with the archive and the location is public parkland, but buyers should confirm any park filming rules for their use.
Research search match: Super 8 waterfall Fiordland, 1970s New Zealand fiord cruise footage, vintage rainforest waterfall into sea, Doubtful Sound home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's tall waterfall on a fiord wall, tourists on the cruise boat deck and the Doubtful Sound brochure, then other 1970s Fiordland footage, then vintage waterfall and rainforest clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Thin waterfall dropping from rainforest into fiord water, Fiordland, New Zealand, circa 1978 — A slender stream falls from the rainforest overhang into the fiord, centre frame.
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Boat-eye view drifting past a small fiord waterfall in Fiordland rainforest, Southland, circa 1978 — As the boat drifts, the falling water moves left and more of the shore comes into view.
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Small waterfall splashing into dark fiord water below lush rainforest, Fiordland, circa 1978 Super 8 — The thin fall lands in a small white splash below the lush overhang.
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Rainforest-lined fiord shore with a slender falling stream, Fiordland National Park, circa 1978 — Layered rock and dense rainforest line the fiord shore beside the slender fall.
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