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Arizona USA-1952: Open Grassy Plain with Distant Hills and Brick Wall

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

  • Year1952
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationArizona, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1952 Arizona

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Open Grassy Plain with Distant Hills and Brick Wall — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of an open, grassy plain in Arizona, framed by dark window borders. The landscape stretches into the distance, dotted with faint hills under a pale sky, while the foreground reveals rough, rocky terrain. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, conveying a sense of quiet isolation and mid-century Americana. The final frame shifts to a close-up of a weathered stone wall, suggesting a journey through rural desert landscapes. Ideal for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or archival 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
123338144

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
Arizona, 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.

Open Clip Documentation RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • vacant
  • uninhibited
  • free
  • airy
  • fresh
  • open
  • grassy
  • plain
  • distant
  • hills
  • brick
  • structures
  • day
  • backgrounds
  • textures
  • new orleans to pacific trip
  • 1952
  • 1952 Arizona footage
  • vintage 8mm film
  • open grassy plain
  • distant hills
  • stone wall
  • Super 8 home movie
  • mid-century travel
  • desert landscape
  • archival footage
  • old film grain
  • rural America
  • 1950s home movie
  • American West
  • vintage travel footage
  • nostalgic landscape
  • historical film
  • 8mm home movie
  • documentary footage
  • retro travel
  • old film texture

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s 8mm Arizona landscape footage suited for documentary establishing shots, rural travel context, or mid-century western U.S. cutaways.
Period detail
The frames may show a 1952 home-movie view of open Arizona grassland, distant low hills, rough foreground rock, and a weathered stone wall.
Home-movie behavior
The clip carries a visitor-shot travel perspective, pausing on broad open terrain before turning attention to a nearby masonry ruin or wall.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include dry grassland, pale sky, low distant ridges, rocky ground, dark film-gate borders, and a close view of a stone wall.
Film character
The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate shadows, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a western landscape insert, travel transition, rural memory beat, or cutaway from narration about mid-century Arizona.
Historical context
The footage places the viewer in a sparsely developed desert-grassland setting, with the stonework suggesting travel through older built remains or roadside structures.
Research note
No people, logos, or music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or site identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match
Searches for 1952 8mm Arizona plains, vintage desert grassland, distant hills, rocky foreground, or weathered stone wall may match this clip.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same New Orleans to Pacific trip reel, then Arizona 1952 footage, then vintage western landscape and stonework themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1952 8mm Arizona travel frame showing open grassland, rough rocks in the foreground, distant hills, and dark gate borders.
Open grassy plain and distant low hills seen through dark 8mm frame edges.
Arizona 1952 home-movie view of an arid open plain, rocky foreground, low distant ridges, and soft faded 8mm color.
Rocky foreground gives way to a broad plain and low horizon ridges.
1952 Arizona landscape frame with dry grass, scattered rocks, open plain, low hills, and visible 8mm gate edges.
Dry grass and stones frame a broad, empty plain under a pale sky.
1952 Arizona travel footage frame showing a weathered stone wall of irregular blocks, with sky and distant land at the edge.
Weathered stonework fills the frame, ending the landscape view with a closer architectural detail.

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