Grouse Lakes California-1976: Person Moving Beside a Boulder Across a Reflective Forest Pond

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationGrouse Lakes, California, United States
Duration7s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 · Grouse Lakes, California, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1976–1978 · Grouse Lakes & Tahoe National Forest · Reel e70be600 contains 16 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

outdoor recreation
forest landscape
water reflections
human scale
backpacking outing
leisure

Shot type: wide
Camera: zoom · handheld · Approximately eye-level view across the pond
Setting: outdoor · Conifer forest surrounding a still pond with granite boulders and low shoreline vegetation
Time and weather: daytime · undetermined · Dry with sunshine
Lighting: Natural sunlight with bright rock surfaces and shaded foreground branches
People: 1 · One distant person in a blue long-sleeved top and jeans stands and moves their arms beside a boulder; facial features and age are indiscernible.
Objects: large pale granite boulder · smaller shoreline rocks · conifer trees · foreground branches · pond · shoreline vegetation
Colors: forest green · olive green · gray · brown · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: High
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A person in blue stands beside a pale boulder across the reflective pond.
The framing tightens as the figure shifts position near the water.
The person extends an arm beside the boulder.
The figure remains at the shoreline with their reflection below.

Person Moving Beside a Boulder Across a Reflective... — Clip Details

Grouse Lakes, California, 1976 home movie footage shows a distant person in a blue top and jeans beside a large pale boulder at the edge of a forest pond. The figure shifts position and moves their arms while standing near the water. Conifers, shoreline vegetation and the rock reflect across the still surface, with dark branches crossing the foreground. A single wide shot gradually tightens around the figure and boulder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 7s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002596

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1976 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: Grouse Lakes, California, 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: This 1976 Grouse Lakes scene serves documentary requests for California outdoor recreation, forest scenery and quiet moments within a backpacking trip.
Period detail: The blue long-sleeved top and jeans provide modest clothing detail consistent with the section's established 1976 date.
Home-movie behavior: The distant figure shifts stance and moves their arms while the camera holds a scenic view across the water.
What appears in frame: A blue-clad figure stands beside a pale granite boulder, with conifers, low shoreline growth, foreground branches and reflections surrounding them.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, warm color and uneven exposure retain the texture of small-gauge film recorded from projection.
Edit role: Use the shot as a scenic cutaway or reflective pause between hiking and campsite sequences.
Historical context: The scene places one participant within the forest-and-granite landscape of a documented 1976 Grouse Lakes backpacking outing.
Research note: One distant person is visible without discernible facial detail; age is indeterminate, and film copyright and any applicable likeness or location permissions remain separate considerations.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for 1976 Grouse Lakes home movies, Sierra Nevada pond reflections and small-gauge outdoor recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the reel's Grouse Lakes identification, lakeside backpacking and campsite scenes, then with other 1976 Grouse Lakes material and reflective woodland views.

Still Frames From This Clip

Grouse Lakes, California, in 1976: a distant blue-clad person stands beside a pale boulder across a forest pond framed by branches. — A wide view places the person and pale boulder among woodland reflections.
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A person in blue and jeans stands at the water's edge beside a granite boulder in Grouse Lakes, California, during the 1976 outing. — The tighter view shows the figure beside the boulder and its bright reflection.
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During the 1976 Grouse Lakes outing in California, a blue-clad figure extends an arm beside a pale boulder above their pond reflection. — The figure moves an arm while standing beside the boulder.
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A side-on figure pauses beside a reflective forest pond in Grouse Lakes, California, in 1976, with a granite boulder and conifers nearby. — The closing view holds the shoreline figure and their reflection.
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