Idaho USA-1972: Sprawling Landscape Riddled With Rock Formations Knotty Trees

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

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Sprawling Landscape Riddled With Rock Formations Knotty... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a striking natural landscape in Idaho. The footage features dramatic rock formations silhouetted against a pale sky, with knotty trees and sparse foliage dotting the rugged terrain. The color palette shows a distinct purple and blue tint, characteristic of aged Super 8 film, with visible grain and soft focus. The camera remains mostly static, offering a contemplative view of the wild, untamed scenery. This archival clip evokes a sense of nostalgia and the beauty of untouched nature.

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: 123080742

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 8mm editorial requests needing a quiet Idaho landscape insert with rugged rock formations, sparse trees, and open sky.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1972 visitor-shot landscape view, with era suggested mainly by the 8mm source, faded color, grain, and home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the terrain from a casual traveler perspective, lingering on rock shapes and trees without staged action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible details include dark volcanic-looking rock outcrops, scrubby ground cover, knotty trees, pale blue sky, scattered clouds, and contact-print frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries aged 8mm texture with visible grain, soft focus, heavy blue-purple color shift, and uneven exposure that reads as physical home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief establishing cutaway, nature transition, travel-memory beat, or visual pause within a 1970s western U.S. sequence.
Historical context: The frames document a roadside or trail-side view of Idaho natural terrain rather than a named landmark, event, or developed public site.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status and any land-access or location-specific permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 Idaho 8mm landscape, vintage home movie rock formations, western U.S. natural scenery, and faded Super 8-style travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Idaho or 1972 travel footage, then with broader vintage rock landscape and western nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing two dark rock formations against a pale sky, with low scrub and partial tree silhouettes at the edges. — Rock outcrops rise above sparse brush under a washed pale sky.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame with jagged rock outcrops, low brush, and dark tree silhouettes along the right and left edges. — Jagged rocks and brush are held in a static, tinted landscape view.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a slanted rock formation, knotty tree, scrubby foreground, and scattered clouds in a blue-purple tinted sky. — A sloped rock formation sits near a twisted tree beneath scattered clouds.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame with a sloping rock formation, dark brush, tree branches, and puffy clouds across a tinted blue sky. — The landscape view shifts to a sloping rock and tree branches under cloud-filled sky.

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