Utah USA-1952: Desert Mountain Vista with Bird in Flight

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationUtah, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1952 Utah

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Desert Mountain Vista with Bird in Flight — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping desert mountain vista from Utah, USA. The grainy, slightly faded footage shows arid hills covered in sparse shrubs under a hazy, overcast sky. A lone bird flies across the frame in the final moments, adding a sense of scale and quiet movement to the remote landscape. The image is framed by dark borders, characteristic of 8mm film, with visible grain and subtle color shifts typical of mid-century home movies. This archival clip evokes a sense of quiet Americana and historical travel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123337106

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: 1952 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: Utah, 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: Serves 1950s American West documentary requests needing an unpopulated desert landscape establishing shot with authentic 8mm home-movie texture.
Period detail: Faded color palette, film-gate black borders, and heavy grain are consistent with 8mm color reversal stock from the early 1950s; no modern elements are visible.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from an elevated vantage point during what appears to be a road-trip stop, capturing the view rather than a posed moment; the framing suggests handheld tourist shooting.
What appears in frame: Rounded arid hill covered in sparse desert scrub, overcast hazy sky, distant flat basin, dark 8mm film borders, visible film grain, and a muted purple-gray color cast from aging emulsion.
Film character: Heavy film grain, a faded cool color cast with purple-gray shifts, and dark vignetting at the frame edges give this footage the unmistakable texture of aged 8mm color reversal stock.
Edit role: Works as a landscape establishing shot or meditative cutaway in American West or road-trip documentary sequences; the gradual camera shift suits transitions between narrated segments.
Historical context: Mid-century American road travel was at its height in the early 1950s; home-movie landscape shots from roadside viewpoints are characteristic of private automobile touring of the era.
Research note: No identifiable people, structures, or branded marks are visible; copyright is held by the original rights holder and independent clearance research is advised before editorial use.
Research search match: Researchers may find this via: 1950s desert landscape 8mm, Utah American West vintage home movie, mid-century road trip footage, arid mountain scrub color reversal film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same New Orleans to Pacific reel, then with 1950s Utah or American Southwest landscape footage, then with mid-century road-trip collections.

Still Frames From This Clip

Arid desert hill covered in sparse low scrub, photographed on 8mm color film consistent with a Utah landscape circa 1952. — Desert hill in Utah, 1952; 8mm home movie frame.

Desert hill and arid scrubland consistent with the Utah landscape, captured on 8mm color film circa 1952; composition nearly identical to opening frame. — Utah desert hillside, 1952; 8mm home movie.

Wider view of Utah desert landscape on 8mm film circa 1952, showing an arid scrub-covered hill and a flat valley basin stretching to the horizon. — Utah desert basin view, 1952; 8mm home movie.

Closing frame of Utah desert 8mm home movie circa 1952; the bird noted in clip metadata is not clearly resolved in this still. — Utah desert landscape, closing frame, 1952; 8mm home movie.

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