Arizona USA-1953: Man In Yellow Shirt Removes Cap And Strokes Hair In Desert

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Year1953
Decade1950s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Man In Yellow Shirt Removes Cap And Strokes Hair In Desert — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1953, this vintage home movie captures a man in a yellow shirt and white cap sitting on a large rock in a dry, arid landscape. The scene unfolds in Arizona, with the man removing his cap and running a hand through his hair, a gesture of warmth or contemplation under the bright sun. The film shows natural color shifts and grain typical of Super 8 footage, with a woman briefly visible in the background. The wide, open desert setting and casual pose evoke a sense of mid-century Americana and personal travel memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123347654

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1953 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Arizona travel, desert recreation, and mid-century home-movie inserts needing an older man posed casually in an arid landscape.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color stock, and casual tourist posing support a 1953 home-movie context, with a pale cap, yellow shirt, slacks, and open desert terrain visible.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears to pose for the camera, removes his cap, and smooths his hair in a relaxed, unstaged travel moment under bright sun.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a seated older man, white cap, yellow shirt, large desert rocks, open scrubland, distant ridges, bright sky, and a brief background figure.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, desert transition, or human gesture beat within a 1950s road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows personal travel or sightseeing in an Arizona desert setting, emphasizing leisure, heat, and informal documentation rather than a public event.
Research note: Faces are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status should be assessed separately from publicity rights.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s Arizona 8mm home movie, older man in desert, tourist on rocks, cap removed in sun, and mid-century desert travel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel shots, then other 1953 Arizona desert footage, then broader 1950s road-trip or arid-landscape home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft, motion-blurred 1953 Arizona desert home-movie frame with rocks, open terrain, and a distant person in yellow. — Blurred opening view across desert rocks with a small figure in yellow at a distance.

Older man in a yellow shirt and white cap sits against large rocks in the Arizona desert, facing the camera. — The man sits on sunlit rocks with open desert and ridges behind him.

In the Arizona desert, the seated man in a yellow shirt raises his white cap while posing among large rocks. — The seated man lifts his cap while facing the camera in the desert setting.

Seated older man in a yellow shirt strokes his hair beside large rocks in the 1953 Arizona desert footage. — After removing his cap, the man smooths his hair while seated among desert rocks.

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