Arizona USA-1958: Three Men Burning Tires In Desert

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Arizona

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Three Men Burning Tires In Desert — Clip Details

ARIZONA USA-1958: Three men in vintage 1950s attire gather around a pile of tires in a dry desert landscape, actively burning them. The footage, captured on 8mm film, shows the men in casual clothing—sweaters and trousers—working together as flames flicker from the tires. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple-blue tint, characteristic of aged film stock, with visible grain and soft focus. The barren, rocky terrain and sparse vegetation emphasize the remote setting. This authentic home movie captures a moment of casual activity, evoking a sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgia.

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: 122802464

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 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: Arizona, 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

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: Useful for 1950s American Southwest home-movie requests needing a brief desert insert of men handling burning tires or informal outdoor activity.
Period detail: The men's sweaters, trousers, and the 8mm home-movie format support a late-1950s period reading, with Arizona desert terrain identified by supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged value in the way the men cluster around the tire pile, bend, step back, and attend to the small fire without performing for camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three adult men, stacked tires, small flames, pale dirt ground, scattered rocks, scrub brush, a low hillside, and heavy frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries strong 8mm texture with soft focus, purple-blue aging, visible grain, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transition for mid-century desert leisure, roadside disposal, or environmental contrast sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual outdoor tire-burning moment in a remote desert setting, without enough visual evidence to claim a specific event or purpose.
Research note: Adult likenesses are visible but not clearly identifiable, with no visible logos or private property; copyright, likeness, and contextual use still require review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 Arizona 8mm home movie, men burning tires in desert, mid-century Southwest desert footage, and vintage tire fire cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Arizona desert material, then broader 1950s home movies showing outdoor chores or roadside fires.

Still Frames From This Clip

In supplied 1958 Arizona 8mm footage, three adult men gather around stacked tires as a small fire burns in a sparse desert setting. — Three men cluster around burning tires in a rocky desert area.

Three men in mid-century clothing appear around a burning tire pile in the Arizona desert, with scrub and a rocky slope behind them. — Men tend to a small fire beside stacked tires in the desert.

In the purple-blue 8mm frame, men work close to a burning tire pile on pale desert ground with scattered rocks nearby. — Two men bend toward the burning tires as another stands nearby.

The final 8mm frame pulls back to a wider Arizona desert view where flames flicker from the tire pile amid scrub and rocky ground. — A small tire fire burns alone in the desert landscape.

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