Idaho USA-1972: Black Rocks With Golden Flakes Forming A Small Cave

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

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Black Rocks With Golden Flakes Forming A Small Cave — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a rugged volcanic landscape in Idaho. The footage focuses on dark, porous rocks with metallic golden flakes catching the light, forming a small natural cave. The camera moves across the uneven terrain, highlighting the rough textures and deep shadows of the rocky outcrop under a bright sky. The distinctive purple and brown color grading gives the clip a nostalgic, retro feel, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123080945

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing Idaho volcanic rock textures, mineral-looking surfaces, or natural cave cutaways from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show no dated signs or people, so the 1972 period comes from supplied metadata rather than visible objects in the landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera studies rocks at close range, giving the clip the feel of a visitor pausing to document unusual terrain rather than a staged survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black porous rocks, reddish-brown stone, bright metallic flecks, gravelly ground, a small dark cavity, and patches of pale sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, purple-brown color shift, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld movement consistent with home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a natural-history insert, geological cutaway, travel-memory transition, or texture shot between broader Idaho landscape scenes.
Historical context: The clip records close observation of a volcanic-looking rocky outcrop, with no visible people, buildings, signage, or activity to tie it to a specific event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location verification, and any geological identification should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm Idaho volcanic rocks, black rock cave home movie, mineral flakes in stone, and vintage natural landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Idaho 1972 landscape footage, then broader 1970s home-movie geology or rock-texture material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing a dark porous rock with bright metallic-looking flecks on rough gravel terrain. — Dark rock with reflective flecks rests on uneven gravel.

Handheld 8mm view of a small dark rock on rough Idaho ground, softened by motion blur and purple color shift. — Small dark rock appears in a shaky close view of the ground.

1972 Idaho frame showing a rough black and brown rock outcrop with a small cave-like hollow in deep shadow. — A small shadowed opening cuts into the rocky outcrop.

8mm Idaho landscape frame showing dark volcanic-looking rocks, a small shadowed hollow, and pale sky at the edge of the outcrop. — Dark jagged rocks form a shadowed hollow beneath a bright sky.

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