Arizona USA-1958: People Examining Rocky Desert Terrain

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

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People Examining Rocky Desert Terrain — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Arizona USA in 1958 shows a group of people exploring a rugged desert landscape. The grainy, purple-tinted film captures individuals walking along a dirt path and examining rocky terrain, with one man in a hat crouching to inspect stones. The scene suggests an archaeological investigation or field research, with a distant body of water visible beyond the arid hills. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics including grain, edge damage, and a narrow aspect ratio, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and scientific curiosity.

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: 122804662

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: 1950s Arizona 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for amateur archaeological fieldwork, desert exploration, or mid-century educational research scenes.
Period detail: The clothing, hats, handheld filming, and 8mm color stock support the 1958 home-movie date while the exact site remains unidentified.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records an unstaged group outing, with people walking the terrain and one man crouching to examine stones at close range.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rocky hillsides, a dirt path, clustered adults, loose stones, a man in a hat, arid scrubland, parked cars, and a distant body of water.
Film character: The footage has soft focus, purple color shift, visible grain, frame edges, and handheld movement that mark it as original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, field-research insert, desert travel transition, or memory beat within a larger archaeology or Arizona sequence.
Historical context: The scene may show amateur or educational field investigation in a rugged Arizona landscape, but the frames do not identify the specific site or institution.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Arizona 8mm archaeology footage, desert stone investigation home movie, and mid-century field research cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Arizona 1958 desert footage, then broader 1950s archaeology, geology, education, or field-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Arizona 8mm frame showing adults on rugged desert terrain, with a dirt road and parked cars beyond them. — A small group moves through rocky desert ground during a field outing.

1958 Arizona 8mm view of a rugged stone slope with arid hills and a distant body of water beyond. — The camera looks across a rocky hillside toward water in the distance.

1958 Arizona 8mm frame with a partial figure near a stone-covered slope and a distant body of water. — A partial figure stands near a rocky overlook in the desert landscape.

1958 Arizona 8mm frame showing a man in a hat crouched close to stones on rugged desert ground. — A man crouches to inspect stones on the rocky hillside.

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