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Utah USA-1952: Grainy Footage Of Dirt And The Local Landscape Featuring Large Mounds

  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationUtah, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1952 Utah
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Grainy Footage Of Dirt And The Local Landscape Featuring... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this grainy vintage footage captures a desolate, arid landscape in Utah. The view, likely from a moving vehicle, shows rolling dirt mounds and dry terrain under a hazy, overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—film grain, light scratches, and soft focus—evoking a sense of nostalgia and isolation. This archival home movie offers a raw, unfiltered glimpse of mid-century American rural scenery.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
123337306

Rights & Clearance

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

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Date
1952 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Utah, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Topics & Keywords

  • dirt
  • mounds
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  • desolate
  • dry
  • local
  • landscape
  • featuring
  • large
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  • nature
  • new orleans to pacific trip
  • 1952
  • 1952 home movie footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • Utah landscape
  • desolate terrain
  • dirt mounds
  • grainy film
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  • retro home movie
  • 1950s travel footage
  • American desert
  • hazy sky
  • film grain
  • vintage Super 8
  • rural America
  • nostalgic footage
  • old film
  • historical footage
  • road trip 1952
  • 8mm home movie
  • documentary footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Serves 1950s American West road-trip documentaries, social-history reels about rural Utah, or wilderness/isolation sequences needing period atmosphere.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home-movie frame, likely Utah, 1952 — rolling earth mounds and dry scrubland under an overcast sky.
Rolling dirt mounds and arid terrain, Utah, c.1952.

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