Greece-1976: Temple Ruins on Plateau Overlooking Mountain Valley

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationGreece
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Greece

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Temple Ruins on Plateau Overlooking Mountain Valley — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Greece in 1976, capturing a panoramic view from a high plateau overlooking a dramatic mountain valley. The clip opens on ancient stone temple ruins with weathered steps and columns, where a person in period clothing sits contemplatively. The camera pans across the rugged landscape, revealing steep cliffs, distant peaks, and a winding path below. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, warm color grading, and visible grain, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical travel. The scene is framed by a dark border, suggesting it was shot through a window or doorway.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121478548

Rights & Clearance

$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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 1240 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: jesus walked here,holyland,garden tomb,dead sea scrolls,abraham tomb,sea of galliee,part 2
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,athens greece
Date: 1976 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: Greece 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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fills a 1970s Greece travel and culture archival need for documentary, educational, or heritage productions seeking authentic footage from an ancient Greek archaeological site.
Period detail: Visitor in bright mid-1970s casual clothing is seated on ancient stonework; warm color palette, visible grain, and soft focus are consistent with mid-1970s Super 8 travel filming.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist's slow pan captures a private encounter with a Greek archaeological site — pausing on a companion resting among the ruins before sweeping to the valley vista.
What appears in frame: Stone terrace with fitted limestone blocks, tiered stone steps, partial column drums, seated figure in bright clothing, cypress trees, steep rocky cliffs, deep mountain valley, and distant hazy peaks.
Film character: Warm amber-to-blue color shift across the pan, visible grain in shadow areas, slight edge softness, and dark frame borders give this footage an intimate hand-held travel record quality.
Edit role: Works as a contemplative cutaway or travel establishing insert in documentaries about Greece or classical antiquity; the pan structure also supports a nostalgic memory-beat transition.
Historical context: Visible column drum stubs and dressed stone terracing suggest a significant classical Greek sanctuary; the presence of visitors indicates open tourist access to this site by 1976.
Research note: An adult figure is identifiable seated in frame 0 and a second appears at the right edge in frame 1; likeness rights for both individuals are unconfirmed and should be assessed for intended use.
Research search match: Matches researcher queries such as '1970s Greece ruins Super 8,' 'ancient temple mountain panorama home movie,' or 'vintage Greek travel archival footage 8mm 1970s.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same apparent reel; then with 1970s Greece or Mediterranean travel footage; then with ancient ruins or classical archaeology documentary sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Visitor in bright 1970s clothing rests on a stone terrace at a Greek archaeological site, dramatic rocky cliffs and a deep valley beyond; Super 8, Greece, 1976. — Visitor resting on ancient stone terrace with mountain cliffs behind, Greece, 1976.

Stone-paved terrace at a Greek archaeological site with a visitor at the far right edge and a deep mountain valley stretching into the distance; Super 8, Greece, 1976. — Stone terrace overlooking deep mountain valley from ancient ruins, Greece, 1976.

Truncated column drums and large stone blocks at a Greek archaeological site, 1976, with dark cypress trees and visitors visible at the base of the ruins. — Column drum stubs and stone ruins with cypress trees, visitors below, Greece, 1976.

Panoramic view of a deep Greek mountain valley from an ancient ruins plateau, 1976, stone ruin walls and cypress trees in the foreground, blue-hazy peaks beyond. — Panoramic mountain valley view from ancient ruins plateau, Greece, 1976.

Visually Similar Clips