Idaho USA-1972: Interesting And Unique Rock Formations Of Various Browns And Blacks

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationIdaho, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Idaho

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Interesting And Unique Rock Formations Of Various Browns... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures close-up views of rugged rock formations in Idaho. The footage reveals textured, layered surfaces in deep browns and blacks, with some stones showing lighter, almost silvery mineral deposits. The camera moves across the uneven terrain, highlighting the natural geological patterns and the stark contrast between the dark rock and the pale sky. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of the American landscape, perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123072260

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: 1972 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: Idaho, 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: 1970s Idaho 8mm landscape footage for productions needing brief geological texture, arid terrain detail, or vintage travel cutaways.
Period detail: The visible period clues are mainly the 8mm color home-movie look, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1972 Idaho setting rather than built objects or dated signs.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies rocks at close range from a visitor's ground-level perspective, lingering on texture and mineral color rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark volcanic-looking stones, reddish-brown fragments, pale mineral patches, rough lava-like surfaces, scrub vegetation, low horizon, and bright sky.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, high-contrast daylight exposure, slight softness, and handheld contact-sheet framing that reads as physical home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, landscape cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into geology, road-trip, or Western U.S. terrain material.
Historical context: The footage documents a personal 1970s encounter with Idaho rock terrain, showing landscape observation rather than construction, tourism infrastructure, or named landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location identification, and project-specific property or land-use concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1972 Idaho 8mm rocks, vintage home movie rock formations, 1970s American West geology, dark lava rocks, and archival landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Idaho 1972 travel footage, then broader 1970s Western U.S. landscape or geology clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a close view of dark, rough stones with reddish-brown fragments and pale mineral flecks. — Close-up detail of dark rock fragments and reddish stones on uneven ground.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame looking across dark rocky terrain toward a small scrub plant under a bright pale sky. — A low view across dark, uneven rock with sparse vegetation near the horizon.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing rugged dark rocks, a scrub plant, and lighter mineral deposits in bright daylight. — Rugged rocks with pale mineral markings and sparse vegetation across the terrain.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame of a large dark rock formation with pale mineral deposits set against rocky ground and sky. — Large textured rock formation with pale mineral deposits in an open rocky landscape.

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