Idaho USA-1972: Overview Of A Mountainous Region With A Shot Of A Large Plain As

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

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Overview Of A Mountainous Region With A Shot Of A Large... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of a rugged mountainous region in Idaho. The footage begins with a wide, hazy landscape of a vast plain under a pale sky, then transitions to a clearer, sun-drenched vista of volcanic terrain with winding roads and distant peaks. The grainy texture and color shifts typical of Super 8 film add to the nostalgic, archival feel. This authentic 1970s travel footage offers a rare glimpse of the American West's natural beauty, perfect for documentaries, historical projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123080546

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$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: Supports 1970s American West documentary requests needing brief 8mm landscape views of Idaho plains, volcanic-looking terrain, roads, and distant mountains.
Period detail: The frames show 1972 home-movie color film with open highways or access roads, undeveloped terrain, and distant ridgelines, with no visible people, signs, or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot travel perspective, pausing on broad scenery rather than staged action or narrated events.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hazy plains, distant mountains, pale sky, scrubby foreground, a winding road, low hills, exposed rock faces, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, purple color cast, gate edges, and handheld framing that place it firmly in physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, geographic cutaway, or quiet memory beat for rural Idaho and Western road-trip sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a traveler’s view of open Idaho terrain in the early 1970s without visible development, crowds, vehicles, or identifiable public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any land-access or property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1972 Idaho 8mm landscape, vintage home movie mountain plain, rural American West road view, and Super 8 volcanic terrain travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1972 Idaho travel footage, then with broader 1970s Western landscape or road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a broad hazy plain with low distant mountains and a pale sky, bordered by dark film gate edges. — Wide hazy view across an open plain toward distant mountain ridges.

1972 Idaho landscape frame with a flat open plain, distant low mountains, pale sky, and visible dark 8mm frame borders. — Open plain and far ridgelines seen through visible film-frame edges.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a winding road, low rocky hills, scrub terrain, and distant mountains in bright daylight. — Roads curve through scrubby terrain below low hills and distant peaks.

1972 Idaho landscape frame with a rocky hillside, winding road, scrub plain, and distant sunlit mountains. — Rocky slope and road lead across an open landscape toward distant mountains.

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