South Dakota USA-1974: Up Close Footage Of A Sign Stating Different Elevations Of Sculpture

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

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Up Close Footage Of A Sign Stating Different Elevations... — Clip Details

Close-up of a vintage 1974 red wooden sign in South Dakota displaying elevation measurements in white lettering. The sign reads 'ELEVATIONS: TOP OF SCULPTURE 5659 FEET, AT THIS POINT 5250 FEET, DISTANCE TO TOP 1345 FEET.' The footage shows natural outdoor lighting with surrounding green grass and trees visible at the edges, captured on 8mm film with authentic grain and slight motion blur typical of home movie footage from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120969398

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$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

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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: This 1970s 8mm clip can support archival requests for visitor-shot South Dakota landmark signage, elevation information, or brief documentary cutaways tied to roadside sculpture tourism.
Period detail: The hand-lettered red wooden sign, white raised-looking lettering, and 8mm color texture provide visible period clues consistent with the supplied 1974 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds close on a practical visitor information sign, suggesting an unstaged tourist viewpoint focused on documenting the climb or distance to a sculpture site.
What appears in frame: The frames show a red wooden elevations sign, white block lettering, feet measurements, dark tree trunks, narrow strips of grass and brush, and slight shifts from handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm look with visible grain, mild blur, uneven exposure, and handheld steadiness that reads as authentic home-movie documentation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, location cue, transition detail, or memory beat before or after wider footage of the sculpture or surrounding South Dakota landscape.
Historical context: The sign reflects a visitor-facing effort to explain elevation and distance at an outdoor sculpture location without showing the sculpture itself in these frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but researchers should still verify any site-specific property or monument permissions separately from film copyright licensing.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1974 8mm South Dakota elevation sign, home movie sculpture distance sign, red wooden landmark sign, or vintage tourist information signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1974 South Dakota landmark or sculpture material, and finally with broader 1970s roadside tourism sign cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

Close-up 1974 South Dakota 8mm frame of a red wooden sign reading elevations, with white text listing the sculpture top, current point, and distance to top. — Red elevations sign with distance and height measurements.

Close visitor-shot frame of the South Dakota elevations sign, showing the top of sculpture measurement, current elevation, and distance to top in white letters. — Elevation measurements on a red wooden sign.

Handheld 8mm close-up of the red South Dakota elevations sign, with the white measurement text still legible and vegetation visible at the margins. — Handheld close-up of the elevation sign.

Final close-up frame of the 1974 South Dakota red wooden elevations sign, showing the distance to top and elevation figures in soft 8mm color. — Distance to top and elevation figures on the sign.

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