Idaho USA-1972: Strangely Shaped Rock Formation On Roadside With Pine Trees

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

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Strangely Shaped Rock Formation On Roadside With Pine Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a striking natural rock formation in Idaho. The sequence shows a large, strangely shaped volcanic rock outcrop with a rugged, porous texture, set against a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. Pine trees grow atop and around the dark purple-hued stone, with a winding road visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—slight color shifts, grain, and soft focus—evoking a nostalgic, mid-20th century Americana feel. The camera remains steady, focusing on the unique geological feature as a memorable roadside landmark.

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: 123080703

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, roadside geology, or nature cutaways needing real 8mm home-movie footage without people or commercial signage.
Period detail: The 1972 date is supported by metadata, while the visible period clues are mainly the 8mm color, soft focus, and informal roadside framing rather than dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on an unusual rock outcrop as a memorable roadside sight during travel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark porous rock, pine trees, scrub vegetation, a narrow road or path, blue sky, scattered clouds, and heavy film borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through visible grain, soft focus, slight color shift toward purple, and steady but informal framing.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel transition, geological cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a Western U.S. road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents a roadside natural formation in Idaho as filmed by a private traveler, showing landscape interest rather than a public event or named landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location-specific permissions separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 Idaho 8mm roadside rock formation, vintage home movie geology cutaway, volcanic-looking outcrop, pine trees, and Western U.S. travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Idaho 1972 travel material, then broader roadside geology or Western landscape home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a rugged dark rock outcrop beside vegetation, with pines and scattered clouds above. — A dark, porous rock formation rises beside low vegetation under a bright clouded sky.

1972 Idaho home-movie frame of a rugged rock formation framed by pines, open sky, and visible 8mm film borders. — The camera holds on the rock outcrop with pines growing around and above it.

Closer 1972 Idaho 8mm view of the dark roadside rock, with a pine rising behind it and brushland beyond. — A closer frame emphasizes the jagged texture of the rock and the pine above it.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing the roadside rock formation in closer framing, with pines and scattered clouds overhead. — The final frame centers the large dark rock mass against pine branches and a bright sky.

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