Arizona USA-1958: Men Conducting Field Research Looking Up At Camera

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

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Men Conducting Field Research Looking Up At Camera — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Arizona USA in 1958 shows a group of men conducting field research in a rugged, rocky outdoor setting. The grainy, blue-tinted film captures individuals in casual summer attire—polo shirts and trousers—bending, walking, and looking up at the camera with curious expressions. The handheld camera movement and natural lighting suggest an informal, documentary-style recording of scientific or geological fieldwork. The footage has a nostalgic, authentic quality typical of mid-century amateur film, with visible film grain and color shifts characteristic of 8mm Super 8 footage.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122805869

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps locate 1950s Arizona home-movie footage of men doing informal outdoor field research for documentary, education, museum, or editorial use.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1950s casual polo shirts, trousers, handheld 8mm framing, and blue-shifted color typical of aged amateur film.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value comes from men looking up toward the camera, bending to inspect the ground, and moving casually in a rocky outdoor setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include adult men, polo shirts, trousers, rocky ground, sparse vegetation, handheld high-angle framing, and strong film gate borders.
Film character: The clip has dense grain, blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld 8mm movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, research cutaway, fieldwork transition, or memory beat within a sequence about science or desert travel.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests a small group outdoors in Arizona in 1958, possibly engaged in field observation, without confirming a specific institution or project.
Research note: Adult faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent, but copyright and releases should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1958 Arizona field research, 8mm men outdoors, vintage geological fieldwork, and home movie researchers looking at camera.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent frames from the same reel, then other Arizona 1958 footage, then broader 1950s outdoor fieldwork or research scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1958 Arizona 8mm footage, an adult man in a red shirt looks up from rocky ground toward the high-angle camera. — A man in a red shirt glances up during an outdoor fieldwork moment.

In the Arizona field setting, one man in a pink shirt stands while another bends down near the rocky ground. — Men pause and inspect the ground in a rugged outdoor area.

A man in a pink polo shirt smiles up at the handheld 8mm camera in a rocky Arizona outdoor setting. — A smiling man looks up from the field site toward the camera.

The frame catches a partial close view of a man wearing glasses at the edge of the 8mm frame, with others nearby outdoors. — A man in glasses enters the frame as the camera looks down over the group.

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