Idaho USA-1972: A View Of A Deserted Mountain Peak Area

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

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A View Of A Deserted Mountain Peak Area — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of a rugged, arid landscape in Idaho. The camera moves steadily, revealing a vast, rocky desert terrain dotted with small volcanic cones and winding dirt roads. In the distance, a range of mountains stretches across the horizon under a pale sky. A few cars are visible on a paved road near a small parking area, suggesting a remote scenic viewpoint. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and a nostalgic, quiet atmosphere, evoking mid-century American road trips and exploration.

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: 123080559

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: Useful for 1970s Idaho travel, public-land, or road-trip sequences needing a brief archival landscape view of arid mountains and volcanic-looking terrain.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, soft exposure, distant cars, and roadside overlook may show a 1972 visitor-shot scenic stop in rural Idaho.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of an unplanned traveler viewpoint, scanning a quiet open landscape from a roadside or overlook rather than staging an event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad mountain range, dark rocky ground, low ridges, winding roads, a small paved turnout, scattered cars, pale sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, slight handheld movement, and contact-print edge shadows that help identify it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a landscape cutaway, travel transition, geographic establishing insert, or reflective memory beat within a western U.S. road sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests recreational travel through open western terrain, with roads and a small parking area showing access to a remote scenic landscape.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still clear copyright in the footage and assess any visible roads or sites for context.
Research search match: Search phrases this supports include 1970s Idaho 8mm desert landscape, vintage mountain overlook, rocky western road trip footage, and arid scenic view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Idaho 1972 travel footage, then with broader 1970s western U.S. desert and mountain road scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing dark rocky terrain, a distant mountain range, winding roads, and a small turnout under a pale sky. — A roadside overlook view across rugged Idaho terrain toward a distant mountain range.

1972 Idaho home-movie frame with a broad mountain horizon, volcanic-looking ground, curving roads, and a small roadside turnout. — The camera holds on an open, rocky landscape with road access near the base of the hills.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame looking over dark arid ground toward a distant mountain, with winding roads and a small paved area visible. — A traveler-shot view scans across sparse rocky ground toward the mountain range.

1972 Idaho frame showing a broad arid vista, distant mountains, winding road lines, and a small scenic turnout at the right edge. — The landscape opens into a wide arid vista with distant mountains and a visible road turnout.

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