HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2015: A Dog Swimming In The Water To Get To A Boat
About this clip
A dog swims through calm waters at Hidden Lake Colorado in 2015, making its way toward a small boat. Shot on home movie film, this 5-second clip captures a spontaneous moment of playful energy and natural curiosity. The scene reflects a quiet, sunlit day with the dog’s determined movement creating ripples across the water’s surface. This authentic, unscripted footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a casual outdoor adventure, ideal for storytelling about pets, nature, or summer escapades. The raw, handheld quality enhances its charm as a genuine slice of life from a private moment.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for pet, outdoor recreation, travel edit, documentary, social cut, or brand film sequences needing a dog swimming toward a boat on a Colorado lake with no visible people.
- Edit role
- Works as a short cutaway or insert beat between wider lake coverage and pet-focused action, with the dog crossing the water before the boat edge enters frame.
- Visual details
- A brown dog in a yellow and blue flotation vest swims through rippled lake water, with a grassy bank, low modern building, roadside poles, pale sky, and no visible people.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 5s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 39 MB
- Location
- Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States
- Year filmed
- 2015
- Published
- Aug 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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