New Mexico USA-1973: A Burning Torch And A Flag On A Building

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

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A Burning Torch And A Flag On A Building — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 in New Mexico, USA, showing a burning torch or flame on a lamppost in a landscaped park area with manicured hedges and mature trees. The scene transitions to a low-angle view of a building's tower with a flag flying against a purple-tinged sky, framed by tall trees. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural light, capturing a nostalgic moment of mid-century Americana with archival quality.

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: 120964418

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 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: 1970s New Mexico home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational requests needing brief exterior cutaways of civic landscaping, a torch-like flame, a flag, and a towered building.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1970s exterior design cues through manicured hedges, mature park trees, a simple walkway, and a towered institutional-looking building with a flag.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering briefly on a flame near a landscaped walkway before tilting or cutting to the building tower framed by trees.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small burning flame on a post, hedges, a paved walkway, mature trees, a partially seen building facade, a tower, a flagpole, and a purple-tinged sky.
Film character: The 8mm film scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, variable exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the physical texture of the original home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition beat, civic exterior cutaway, or memory fragment within a 1970s New Mexico sequence.
Historical context: The scene records everyday public or institutional exterior surroundings rather than a named event, with attention on landscaping, flame, flag, and architecture.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the visible exterior building and flag should still be reviewed for property, location identification, and copyright considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 New Mexico 8mm home movie exterior, torch flame near hedges, flag on building tower, and vintage civic building cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 New Mexico exteriors, and then with broader 1970s flags, public buildings, landscaped walkways, or flame details.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a small torch-like flame near manicured hedges, a paved walkway, mature trees, and the edge of a building facade. — Flame near hedges and walkway.

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame with a torch-like flame set against landscaped hedges, tall trees, a walkway, and a partially visible exterior wall. — Torch-like flame in landscaped exterior.

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame looking upward at a towered building with a flagpole, framed by tall trees against a purple-tinged sky. — Tower and flagpole framed by trees.

1973 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a towered building with a flagpole and flag, bordered by tall dark trees beneath a purple-shifted sky. — Flag above towered building.

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