Arizona USA-1958: Old Mine Facility With Wooden Equipment In The Desert Rocks

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

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Old Mine Facility With Wooden Equipment In The Desert Rocks — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Arizona USA in 1958, showing a desolate desert landscape with rocky mountains under a deep blue sky. The clip features an old mine facility with weathered wooden structures, including a prominent A-frame support and scattered equipment. The grainy, blue-tinted film has a distinct retro aesthetic, capturing the quiet, abandoned atmosphere of a historic mining site. The camera pans slowly across the rugged terrain, highlighting the isolation and decay of the structures. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American industrial history.

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: 122806088

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.

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

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: Useful for 1950s archival requests needing Arizona desert mining cutaways, industrial remnants, or isolated Western landscape atmosphere for documentary edits.
Period detail: The 8mm color home-movie look and metadata-supported 1958 date place the view in the late 1950s, with weathered timber mining structures visible in arid terrain.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, scanning abandoned equipment and distant hills without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include timber supports, an A-frame mine structure, rocky desert ground, low brush, hills, a small tower-like structure, and deep blue sky.
Film character: The clip carries grainy 8mm texture, blue color shift, soft focus, rounded frame edges, and slight handheld instability consistent with home-movie scanning.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mining history, desert travel, abandoned industry, or mid-century Arizona context.
Historical context: The frames show industrial remains set within a sparse desert landscape, suggesting a quiet mining-site visit rather than active work.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright status and any property or site permissions should still be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Arizona 8mm home movie desert mine, abandoned wooden mining equipment, rocky Western landscape, and vintage mining facility footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Arizona 1958 desert footage, then broader abandoned mine or Western industrial landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Arizona 8mm frame showing weathered timber mine supports and equipment in a rocky desert setting. — Timber supports and mining equipment stand on rocky desert ground.

1958 Arizona desert view with a small tower-like mining structure among rocky hills beneath a blue sky. — A small tower-like structure appears among desert hills and rocks.

1958 Arizona 8mm frame showing a wide desert mining landscape with low brush, hills, and a distant structure. — The camera looks across open desert toward hills and a distant mining structure.

1958 Arizona desert mining site with low structures or equipment set against rounded hills and blue sky. — Low mining-site structures or equipment sit at the base of desert hills.

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