Grand Teton National Park Wyoming-1978: Small Flock of Ducks Paddling Along a Lily-Pad Pond Edge

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationGrand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
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1978 · Grand Teton National Park & Wyoming · Reel 7c34e9a7 contains 19 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

wildlife
waterfowl
wetlands
national parks
summer vacation
nature observation
1970s travel

Shot type: wide
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Mountain-valley wetland pond with dense pond-lily pads and a grassy bank
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: ducks
Objects: pond-lily pads · pond water · grass bank
Colors: green · blue-grey · yellow-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Ducks swim in a loose line below a bank of lily pads.
The flock bunches together and moves slowly across open water.
Birds spread out again, leaving small ripples.
The group drifts on as the shot ends, still in frame.

Small Flock of Ducks Paddling Along a Lily-Pad Pond Edge — Clip Details

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a pond on the Heron Pond and Swan Lake trail near Colter Bay. About eight brown ducks paddle slowly in a loose line across open water, just below a dense bank of green pond-lily pads with sunlit grass beyond. The single shot is taken from the shore with a long lens, held nearly still with slight handheld drift, and the birds stay small in frame against rippled blue-grey water.

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: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002495

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Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 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 late-1970s amateur nature footage of waterfowl in a national park wetland, usable in park history, ecology and travel documentaries.
Period detail: No dated objects appear; the period rests on the warm, soft colour of the film stock, which may point to the late 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor on a trail walk stops at the shore and zooms in on a flock of ducks, a typical unhurried vacation moment of watching wildlife.
What appears in frame: A loose group of brown ducks, rippled blue-grey water, a dense mat of green pond-lily pads, and a sunlit strip of grass along the far bank.
Film character: Soft long-lens focus, visible grain, warm greens and slightly cool water tones, with a gentle handheld drift typical of projected home-movie film.
Edit role: Works as a wildlife cutaway or quiet transition between Teton landscape shots, or as a calm memory beat in a vacation sequence.
Historical context: The reel section is set on the Heron Pond and Swan Lake loops near Colter Bay Village, an area developed from 1956 under Mission 66 for park visitors.
Research note: No people, logos or artwork are visible; the scene is public parkland, though the copyright in the original home movie is separate from any location or wildlife considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 'ducks on lily pad pond 1970s', 'Grand Teton wetland home movie' and 'vintage national park wildlife footage'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Heron Pond / Swan Lake trail sign, Beaver Country sign and Teton Range over a lily-pad pond, then other Grand Teton footage of the period, then general waterfowl footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Ducks swimming past pond-lily pads on a wetland pond in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, circa 1978 — A small flock of ducks paddles below a thick bank of pond-lily pads, circa 1978.
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Bunched group of ducks on rippled water by lily pads near Colter Bay, Grand Teton, home movie circa 1978 — The ducks draw together on open water at the edge of the lily beds.
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Loose line of waterfowl crossing a lily-pad pond on the Heron Pond and Swan Lake trail, Wyoming, circa 1978 — Waterfowl spread out in a loose line across the pond.
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Brown ducks drifting at a lily-choked pond edge in Grand Teton National Park, late-1970s home movie — The flock drifts on as the shot ends, small against the lily beds.
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