Texas USA-1952: Old Film Of The Desert Mountains On A Gloomy Day

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationTexas, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Old Film Of The Desert Mountains On A Gloomy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a desolate desert landscape in Texas under a heavy, overcast sky. Rolling hills covered in sparse scrub brush stretch toward a hazy horizon, with muted earth tones and a washed-out color palette emphasizing the gloomy atmosphere. The footage shows subtle camera movement, likely handheld, with visible film grain, scratches, and dust typical of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet isolation and historical nostalgia, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or period-specific storytelling.

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: 123337077

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 2153 · 8mm · 3″ reel
Original reel label: mr quarles
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: houston texas
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Texas, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Serves 1950s American Southwest landscape requests — documentary B-roll, travel or road-trip narrative inserts, or period-accurate desert atmosphere.
Period detail: No datable objects or signage are visible; muted 8mm color shift and film grain are consistent with early 1950s amateur stock; location metadata identifies this as Texas.
Home-movie behavior: Captured during a tagged road trip, this is an amateur traveler's spontaneous landscape record — unposed and unhurried, conveying a private impression of desert isolation.
What appears in frame: Rolling desert hills, sparse scrub brush in foreground, heavy overcast sky, hazy receding horizon, muted earth tones, cool lavender-grey cast, visible film grain, and a gradual pan across the landscape.
Film character: Slightly desaturated 8mm color stock renders the overcast sky in cool lavender-grey; visible grain and minor dust specks give the footage authentic mid-century archival texture.
Edit role: Functions as a contemplative landscape cutaway or mood-establishing insert in a road-trip, American Southwest, or 1950s travel narrative.
Historical context: The 'new orleans to pacific trip' tag suggests capture during a cross-country road journey, consistent with the postwar era of American automobile travel and amateur 8mm filmmaking.
Research note: No identifiable people, structures, or brand marks are visible; copyright remains with the original filmmaker or their estate; chain-of-title should be verified before licensing.
Research search match: Researchers may search for '1950s Texas desert landscape,' 'vintage American Southwest road trip footage,' or 'mid-century overcast desert hills 8mm home movie.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same 'new orleans to pacific trip' reel, then with 1950s Texas or American Southwest road-trip footage, then with overcast desert landscape material from the same decade.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 Texas desert landscape on 8mm — rolling scrub-covered hills and a heavy grey sky with muted color palette. — Texas desert hills under heavy overcast, 1952.

1952 Texas desert on 8mm — scrub-covered hills with a flat grey sky, camera panning across the landscape. — Scrub-covered desert hills, Texas, 1952.

1952 Texas desert on 8mm — wide valley basin with a rounded hill and layered receding ridgelines under grey overcast. — Desert valley and ridgeline, Texas, 1952.

1952 Texas desert on 8mm — layered ridgelines recede into a hazy blue-grey overcast horizon with scrub brush foreground. — Layered desert ridgelines to the horizon, Texas, 1952.

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