New Mexico USA-1973: Rugged Street With Old Run Down Buildings One Way

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationNew Mexico, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 New Mexico

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Rugged Street With Old Run Down Buildings One Way — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from 1973 captures a quiet street corner in New Mexico, featuring a weathered adobe-style building with faded lettering reading 'ARROWSMITH RELICS OF THE OLD WEST'. A white 'ONE WAY' sign with a left-pointing arrow stands on the sidewalk, while a covered walkway runs along the building's front. The scene is framed by a dark border, showing the film's grainy texture and characteristic purple color cast. Trees with green and reddish foliage line the background under a pale sky, creating a nostalgic, retro atmosphere typical of home movie footage from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 120964016

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 1381 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: new mexico, calsbad,santa fe,taos
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: New Mexico, 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: Archival 1970s New Mexico street-corner footage suited for documentary inserts about small-town roadsides, weathered commercial buildings, and regional travel views.
Period detail: The clip shows a one-way street sign, faded painted storefront lettering, adobe-style walls, and 8mm color stock characteristics consistent with the supplied 1973 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the corner from a visitor-like street perspective, preserving an unstaged roadside view without visible pedestrians or vehicles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved intersection, a white one-way sign, faded Arrowsmith Relics of the Old West lettering, weathered adobe-style buildings, a covered walkway, trees, sidewalk edges, and pale sky.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, purple color shift, slight exposure variation, and dark film-gate borders that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, route transition, roadside cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a sequence about New Mexico travel or old Western-themed storefronts.
Historical context: The scene documents a modest street corner where vernacular Southwestern architecture and faded commercial signage suggest a roadside business environment rather than a staged tourist display.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable business lettering and exterior storefront should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and property-context considerations without assuming clearance.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches might include 1973 New Mexico 8mm street corner, old adobe storefront one way sign, faded Old West relics sign, and vintage Southwestern roadside footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1973 New Mexico street or storefront material, and then with broader 1970s roadside, signage, and weathered-building themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a quiet paved corner, a white one-way sign, trees, and faded lettering on a weathered adobe-style building. — Street corner with faded Old West relics signage.

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame with a weathered roadside building, readable Arrowsmith relics lettering, a one-way sign, and trees above the roofline. — Weathered storefront and one-way street sign.

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a closer roadside view of the weathered building, white one-way sign, covered walkway, and faded Old West relics lettering. — Closer roadside view of the faded storefront.

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame showing the street corner from a slightly shifted angle, with the one-way sign centered near the weathered adobe-style storefront. — One-way sign beside a weathered corner building.

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