WESTMINSTER COLORADO-2015: Family Of Ducks Taking Advantage Of The River Thawing
About this clip
A family of ducks navigates the thawing river in Westminster, Colorado, in 2015. This home movie captures the ducks swimming through icy water as spring begins to melt the winter snow. The natural behavior of the wildlife is observed up close, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a quiet moment of seasonal change. The footage reflects the charm of amateur home video from the 2010s, with authentic lighting and movement. Ideal for nature documentaries, seasonal transitions, or nostalgic storytelling.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, seasonal transition edits, local Colorado nature stories, or social cuts needing ducks moving through thawing winter water in Westminster.
- Edit role
- At six seconds, this works as a short cutaway or quiet transition beat between winter river coverage and spring wildlife activity.
- Visual details
- Several ducks swim and drift across gray-green water beside a snow-covered bank, with muted overcast light, soft reflections, and no people visible in the sampled frames.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 40 MB
- Location
- Westminster, Colorado, United States
- Year filmed
- 2015
- Published
- Mar 2015
Still Frames From This Clip
3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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