Lake Tahoe Nevada USA-1973: A Paved Road Inclines Downward As It Runs Along The

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationLake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Lake Tahoe Nevada

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A Paved Road Inclines Downward As It Runs Along The — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 showing a winding paved road cutting through arid, layered hillsides in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The camera moves steadily along the road, capturing the rugged terrain with sparse scrub brush and rocky outcrops under a dramatic cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a distinct purple tint in the clouds, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century travel aesthetic. The scene conveys a sense of quiet exploration through the American West.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120962153

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1395 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: honeymoon
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: salt lake,utah,sf, california,monerey,lake tahoe
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm travel footage suited for documentary or educational sequences needing a quiet road passage through arid Nevada terrain near Lake Tahoe.
Period detail: The clip may show an early 1970s paved mountain road with minimal roadside development, sparse scrub, and layered hillsides under a cloudy sky.
Home-movie behavior: The moving viewpoint suggests a visitor-shot roadside travel moment, recording the landscape from a vehicle rather than staging a scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winding paved road, layered rocky slopes, sparse bushes, distant peaks, roadside posts, guardrail sections, and a cloud-heavy sky.
Film character: The footage has an 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, muted contrast, slight gate edges, and purple-shifted cloud tones.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short travel insert, geographic transition, road-trip cutaway, or memory beat between Lake Tahoe or American West scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects automobile travel through a dry mountain corridor, with the landscape and road infrastructure more prominent than people or buildings.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1970s 8mm Nevada road footage, Lake Tahoe mountain road home movie, arid Western hillside driving scene, and vintage paved road travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Lake Tahoe or Nevada travel footage, and then with broader American West road-trip landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm travel frame from the Lake Tahoe, Nevada area showing a paved road below dry layered hills, sparse scrub, a distant peak, and heavy clouds. — Road below layered Nevada hills.

1973 Lake Tahoe, Nevada travel footage frame showing a roadside passage through dry hills with scattered shrubs, a distant mountain form, and a purple-tinted cloudy sky. — Road through dry hillside terrain.

1973 8mm frame from the Lake Tahoe, Nevada area showing a curving paved road at the base of scrub-covered slopes beneath a cloudy sky. — Curving road at the base of hills.

1973 Lake Tahoe, Nevada area frame showing the edge of a paved road with guardrail below dry layered hills, scattered shrubs, and a broad cloudy sky. — Guardrail and layered hillside.

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