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Arizona USA-1958: Small Ignited Object Explosion With Smoke At Dusk

  • Year1958
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationArizona, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1958 Arizona
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Small Ignited Object Explosion With Smoke At Dusk — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Arizona USA in 1958 captures a small, distant explosion at dusk. A bright orange fireball erupts on the horizon over a dark, silhouetted landscape, sending a plume of smoke into the purple twilight sky. The grainy, low-light image exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with heavy grain and soft focus, transitioning to a dark, indistinct frame as the event concludes. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of a remote, possibly experimental, event from the late 1950s, evoking Cold War-era scientific curiosity and Americana nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details
Night
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
122803989

Rights & Clearance

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

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

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Date
1958 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Arizona, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • large explosion at sun down
  • small
  • ignited
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  • smoke
  • sunset
  • science
  • arizona USA
  • 1958
  • 1958 Arizona USA
  • 8mm film
  • vintage home movie
  • small explosion
  • remote area
  • smoke plume
  • dusk
  • fireball
  • scientific experiment
  • Cold War era
  • archival footage
  • grainy film
  • nostalgic
  • historical
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  • explosion at night
  • vintage footage
  • American history
  • 1950s
  • old footage
  • film grain
  • archival film
  • vintage 8mm
  • science experiment
  • remote location
  • fire
  • pyrotechnics

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for documentary or museum edits needing 1950s Arizona 8mm footage of a distant dusk ignition or small explosion in a remote landscape.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Arizona 8mm frame showing a tiny orange ignition on a silhouetted horizon under a purple dusk sky.
A small bright ignition appears on the distant horizon at dusk.

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