Idaho USA-1972: Bare Tree and Rock in Desert Landscape

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

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Bare Tree and Rock in Desert Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a haunting desert landscape in Idaho. The footage opens on a dark, grainy frame before revealing a stark, leafless tree standing against a vibrant purple sky with fluffy white clouds. The scene shifts to a close-up of a weathered rock resting on dark volcanic soil, showcasing the rugged terrain. The film's characteristic color shift and grain give it a nostalgic, archival quality, perfect for historical or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123080940

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: Supports 1970s Idaho landscape requests needing archival home-movie footage of stark desert terrain, volcanic-looking rock, and a weathered bare tree for documentary or educational use.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color home-movie imagery from metadata-dated 1972, with no visible vehicles, clothing, signage, or buildings to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot quality, lingering on an isolated tree and rugged ground as a traveler records the atmosphere of an open desert landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a leafless pale tree, dark rocky soil, low craggy hills, scattered scrub, bright white clouds, purple-blue sky, and frame-edge film borders.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, color shift toward purple and blue, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld framing that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a landscape insert, quiet transition, desert cutaway, or memory beat between travel, geology, environment, or western U.S. archive sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents a sparse Idaho desert view as recorded by a home-movie camera, emphasizing natural landforms rather than identifiable people, structures, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible in the sampled frames, but copyright, location confirmation, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 Idaho 8mm desert landscape, bare tree volcanic soil home movie, western U.S. rocky terrain, and vintage cloudscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Idaho landscapes, then broader 1970s western U.S. desert, rock, sky, and travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a leafless pale tree against dark rocky desert terrain, low hills, white clouds, and a purple-blue sky. — A bare tree stands in a rocky Idaho desert landscape under bright clouds.

1972 Idaho home-movie frame with a weathered bare tree centered before dark desert ground, a rocky ridge, and sunlit clouds. — The camera holds on the bare tree and rocky desert ridge beneath a clouded sky.

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a closer view of the pale bare tree, exposed roots or branches, dark volcanic-looking soil, and bright clouds. — A closer view emphasizes the pale trunk, twisted branches, and dark rocky ground.

1972 Idaho home-movie frame of a leafless tree angled across a stark desert scene with dark ground, low rocks, clouds, and color-shifted sky. — The final frame keeps the bare tree in view against the rocky terrain and clouded sky.

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