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Idaho USA-1972: Isolated Volcanic Mountain in Arid Landscape

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  • Year1972
  • Decade1970s
  • LocationIdaho, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1972 · Idaho, United States
  • StatusDirect License

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Isolated Volcanic Mountain in Arid Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a vast desert landscape in Idaho, viewed through a window frame. The scene unfolds with a wide, arid plain under a dramatic purple-tinged sky, where a prominent volcanic cone rises in the distance. The camera slowly zooms in, bringing the isolated mountain into sharper focus against the expansive, flat terrain. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a sense of quiet isolation and mid-century Americana. Ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

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
123081007

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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Topics & Keywords

  • dry
  • clean
  • nature
  • white
  • green
  • desert
  • mountain
  • background
  • zooming
  • volcano
  • idaho USA
  • 1972
  • 1972 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Idaho desert landscape
  • volcanic mountain
  • Super 8 home movie
  • archival footage
  • retro film
  • 1970s Americana
  • nature documentary
  • panoramic desert view
  • zooming shot
  • old film grain
  • vintage travel footage
  • historical footage
  • 8mm film
  • classic home movie
  • retro travel
  • nostalgic scenery
  • American West
  • vintage nature footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1970s Idaho or American West productions needing a quiet 8mm landscape insert of open desert terrain and a distant volcanic-looking mountain.
Period detail
The visible period clues come mainly from the 8mm home-movie format, purple-shifted color, soft focus, and handheld zoom rather than dated objects in the landscape.
Home-movie behavior
The clip preserves an unstaged traveler viewpoint, filming a remote horizon through a dark window or vehicle frame as the camera studies the mountain from a distance.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include a flat arid plain, sagebrush or low scrub, distant volcanic cone, purple-blue sky, scattered clouds, dark window framing, and film grain.
Film character
The footage has dense 8mm grain, magenta-purple color shift, soft telephoto focus, slight gate shadow, and a slow zoom that reads as physical home-movie observation.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a geographic establishing insert, road-trip cutaway, quiet transition, or memory beat for remote Western travel and volcanic terrain.
Historical context
The scene reflects a 1970s home-movie record of open Idaho desert space, emphasizing distance, sparse vegetation, and roadside observation rather than a named landmark.
Research note
No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but location identity and copyright status should still be confirmed through source records.
Research search match
Search phrases include 1972 Idaho 8mm desert landscape, vintage home movie volcanic cone, American West arid plain, and Super 8 mountain zoom.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Idaho landscapes, then broader 1970s American West desert and road-travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Idaho 8mm frame showing open desert scrub, distant volcanic-looking hills, purple sky, and dark window framing.

Wide desert view with distant hills and cloud cover, seen through a dark frame.

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Idaho desert landscape on 8mm film with two distant volcanic-looking forms and a central dark window divider.

Distant volcanic-looking hills across a flat desert plain.

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1972 Idaho home-movie frame with a zoomed view of a rounded volcanic-looking mountain beyond desert scrub.

Zoomed desert horizon with a rounded mountain in the distance.

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Zoomed 8mm view of a rounded volcanic-looking Idaho mountain across open desert, with magenta color shift and grain.

Closest view of the distant rounded mountain across the desert plain.

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