South Dakota USA-1974: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Plaque with Presidential Portraits

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationSouth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1974 South Dakota

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial Plaque with... — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1974 showing a close-up of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial plaque. The brown metal sign features white silhouettes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln with their names engraved below. The image has a distinct retro film quality with visible grain, slight color fading, and soft focus typical of 8mm home movies. The plaque is mounted on a stone wall, and the lighting creates a subtle glow on the engraved figures. This archival clip captures a nostalgic moment of American history and tourism.

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: 120969366

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: 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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1974 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: South Dakota, 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: 1970s 8mm visitor footage suited to documentary, museum, or educational requests for Mount Rushmore travel-era signage and presidential memorial imagery.
Period detail: The brown Mount Rushmore National Memorial sign, engraved-style lettering, and soft 8mm color suggest a mid-1970s tourist viewpoint consistent with the supplied 1974 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot landmark detail, holding on the interpretive plaque rather than staging people or activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Mount Rushmore National Memorial sign, white presidential portrait silhouettes, engraved names, a brown metal plaque, a stone wall base, dark surrounding background, and film-frame borders from the contact sheet.
Film character: The footage carries grain, soft focus, slight color fading, uneven exposure, and minor handheld drift typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location identifier, transition beat, or memory insert within a sequence about South Dakota tourism, U.S. presidents, or Mount Rushmore.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects roadside or site-based heritage tourism around a nationally recognized presidential monument without showing ceremonies, crowds, or specific public events.
Research note: Rights review should consider the visible presidential likenesses on the memorial sign, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial wording, and any public-site restrictions separately from copyright, likeness, and property questions.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1974 8mm Mount Rushmore sign, South Dakota home movie presidential memorial plaque, vintage tourist footage Mount Rushmore, and 1970s national memorial travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1974 South Dakota or Mount Rushmore footage, then with broader vintage U.S. landmark and presidential memorial tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a brown Mount Rushmore National Memorial plaque with white portraits and names of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln above a stone wall. — Mount Rushmore memorial plaque with presidential names.

1974 South Dakota 8mm frame of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial sign, with the four presidential portrait silhouettes and names visible against a brown plaque surface. — Presidential portrait sign at Mount Rushmore.

1974 South Dakota 8mm frame showing the Mount Rushmore National Memorial plaque from a slightly lower angle, with the presidential names and white portrait outlines visible. — Visitor-shot detail of the Mount Rushmore sign.

1974 South Dakota 8mm frame showing a slightly tilted visitor view of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial plaque, with presidential silhouettes, names, and the stone mounting wall visible. — Angled view of Mount Rushmore memorial signage.

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