New Mexico USA-1973: A Cowboy Silhouette With Camera Saying Adios

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

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A Cowboy Silhouette With Camera Saying Adios — Clip Details

Vintage 1973 home movie footage from New Mexico USA featuring a handcrafted title card with a blue silhouette of a cowboy in a hat and boots operating an old camera on a tripod. The card displays cutout text reading 'Adios' and 'New Mexico' in purple letters against a textured beige background. The image shows natural film grain, slight flicker, and the characteristic look of 8mm home movie projection, evoking a nostalgic, retro Americana feel.

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: 120965726

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: This brief 1973 8mm title-card shot can serve archival requests for New Mexico home-movie travel endings, retro Americana inserts, or handmade vacation-film graphics.
Period detail: The cutout-style lettering, textured paper background, cowboy silhouette, and 8mm projection look support a 1970s home-movie title-card context rather than a filmed public location.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves the maker’s personal end-of-trip gesture through a handcrafted farewell card rather than an unstaged human action in front of the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a blue cowboy silhouette, a tripod-mounted camera shape, raised purple text reading “Adios,” separate “New” and “Mexico” cutouts, a pale textured background, film gate edges, and light frame jitter.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, soft focus, flicker, uneven exposure, and projection-frame borders that read as physical-film texture from a home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a farewell insert, location-transition card, end-of-journey beat, or graphic cutaway within a 1970s travel or family-film sequence.
Historical context: The imagery links New Mexico travel memory with a cowboy motif and amateur filmmaking iconography, while the frames themselves show a staged card rather than a specific site or event.
Research note: No people or private property are visible, but the graphic text and artwork should still be reviewed for copyright or design-origin questions distinct from likeness or property clearance.
Research search match: Likely researcher searches include 1973 New Mexico home movie title card, 8mm cowboy camera silhouette, Adios New Mexico travel ending, and handmade vacation-film sign.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 New Mexico material, and then with broader home-movie travel title cards or cowboy-themed Americana inserts.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 New Mexico 8mm home-movie title card showing a blue cowboy silhouette beside a tripod camera with purple cutout text reading “Adios” and “New Mexico.” — Cowboy camera silhouette with Adios New Mexico text.

Handmade farewell card for New Mexico.

1973 8mm New Mexico title-card frame showing a blue cowboy figure, a camera on a tripod, and separated purple cutout words reading “Adios,” “New,” and “Mexico.” — Adios New Mexico title card in 8mm frame.

Final 1973 New Mexico home-movie title-card frame with a blue cowboy camera silhouette on the left and purple “Adios New Mexico” text on a textured background. — Final farewell frame with cowboy camera graphic.

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