Nevada USA-1961: Summit Of Nature's Peace At Zabriskie Point

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Summit Of Nature's Peace At Zabriskie Point — Clip Details

NEVADA USA-1961: Vintage 8mm film footage captures Zabriskie Point's iconic informational sign, detailing ancient lake beds and geological formations. The scene transitions to a sweeping view of the rugged desert landscape with a winding road and vintage cars navigating the arid terrain. Shot on 8mm film, the clip features natural color shifts and grain, evoking a nostalgic 1960s road trip atmosphere. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of early tourism at this iconic California landmark.

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: 123733371

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 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: Nevada, 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: 1960s 8mm travel footage for documentary edits needing a brief visitor-view record of Zabriskie Point signage and desert road scenery.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1960s roadside tourism, with an informational viewpoint sign, distant older cars, and handheld color 8mm framing as visible era clues.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on the landmark sign before turning toward the surrounding desert road and terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Zabriskie Point sign, painted geologic backdrop, pale desert slopes, a winding road, small vintage cars, film-frame edges, and color-shifted sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, exposure variation, and blue-magenta color drift that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, landscape cutaway, road-trip transition, or short memory beat establishing a desert viewpoint stop.
Historical context: The frames document a roadside viewpoint encounter with desert geology and automobile tourism without showing identifiable people or staged activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the sign text, location identification, and underlying film copyright still require normal clearance review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm Zabriskie Point sign, vintage desert viewpoint, home movie road trip, and cars on arid scenic road.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Zabriskie Point or Nevada desert travel footage, then broader 1960s roadside tourism scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm frame of the Zabriskie Point informational sign with pale desert ridges and blue-shifted sky behind it. — Visitor-shot view of the Zabriskie Point sign at a desert overlook.

Color-shifted 8mm view of the Zabriskie Point sign, with the informational panel and surrounding desert formations visible. — The camera holds on the Zabriskie Point marker and its explanatory text.

Handheld 8mm frame of the Zabriskie Point sign, showing the title, text block, foreground shadow, and pale desert ridges. — Closer home-movie view of the landmark sign before the landscape shot.

1961 8mm landscape frame showing a winding desert road below pale ridges, with small vintage cars moving through the scene. — A winding road and small cars cross the desert terrain near the viewpoint.

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