Iowa USA-1967: Stone Cross and Grotto Monument

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationIowa, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Iowa

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Stone Cross and Grotto Monument — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Iowa, USA, in 1967, showing a religious monument with a large cross topped by a draped white cloth and a statue of a figure at its base. The scene transitions to a large, ornate stone structure resembling a grotto or shrine with an arched tunnel entrance, where several people in 1960s casual clothing are gathered. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, capturing a moment of religious tourism and community gathering in a nostalgic, archival style.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120891881

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1967 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: Iowa, 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 clip supports archival requests for 1960s Iowa religious tourism, visitor-shot shrine footage, and short documentary inserts about faith sites or community gathering.
Period detail: The visible 1960s casual clothing, faded color 8mm look, and metadata-supported 1967 Iowa setting place the scene in a mid-century home-movie travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-held home movie, observing a religious monument and nearby grotto structure as people gather casually at the site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large cross with draped white cloth, a statue-like figure at the base, a rocky grotto or shrine facade, an arched tunnel entrance, foliage-covered stonework, and several visitors.
Film character: The footage carries soft focus, visible grain, exposure variation, color fading, gate edges, and frame wear typical of scanned original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for religious travel, roadside shrine visits, Iowa heritage, or 1960s family-tour footage.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects mid-century public religious visitation, with people gathered at an outdoor devotional site rather than a staged ceremony.
Research note: People are visible and the religious setting may require contextual sensitivity, so users should separately assess likeness, site permissions, property status, and copyright chain before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1967 Iowa religious shrine home movie, 8mm cross and grotto footage, 1960s religious tourism, and visitors at outdoor devotional monument.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Iowa travel footage, then broader 1960s religious tourism or shrine-visit material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Iowa 8mm frame showing a large outdoor cross with a white drape and a statue-like figure near its base, seen in soft focus. — Cross and statue at an outdoor religious monument.

1967 Iowa home-movie frame of a religious cross draped with cloth, with a statue-like figure below and visible 8mm frame borders. — Draped cross above a religious figure.

1967 Iowa 8mm frame showing several visitors outside a large stone or grotto-like shrine structure with an arched tunnel entrance. — Visitors at the arched grotto entrance.

1967 Iowa home-movie frame of visitors gathered near a grotto-like religious structure with an arched opening and dense stone or foliage texture. — Group gathered outside the shrine structure.

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