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Nevada USA-1961: Desert Landscape with White Water Pool

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$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.

  • Year1961
  • Decade1960s
  • LocationNevada, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1961 · Nevada, United States
  • StatusDirect License

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Desert Landscape with White Water Pool — Clip Details

Aerial 8mm film footage from 1961 captures a vast desert landscape in Nevada, featuring a winding white water pool or salt flat that contrasts sharply with the surrounding purple-hued terrain. Distant mountains rise under a pale sky, their silhouettes softened by atmospheric haze. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and visible film scratches evoke a nostalgic, vintage home movie aesthetic. The camera pans slowly across the arid expanse, revealing the unique textures of the desert floor and the intricate patterns of the water feature. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of the American Southwest in the early 1960s, perfect for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or evocative nature montages.

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
123733585

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
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
Supports requests for early 1960s Nevada aerial desert footage for documentary geography, travel history, environmental inserts, or American Southwest archive sequences.
Period detail
The footage may show 1961 8mm aerial views with color reversal stock, soft exposure, and landscape-only framing rather than identifiable modern infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior
The value comes from an unstaged airborne home-movie viewpoint, observing desert basins and mountain ridges without narration, people, or constructed action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include hazy mountain ranges, pale sky, purple desert terrain, winding white flats or water pools, film gate edges, scratches, and grain.
Film character
The clip has faded 8mm color, visible grain, rounded frame corners, gate shadows, and light scratches that mark it as scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a desert establishing insert, geographic transition, reflective memory beat, or cutaway between travel or Southwest landscape scenes.
Historical context
The frames place attention on open arid terrain and aerial observation, offering visual context for mid-century home-movie views of Nevada desert landscapes.
Research note
No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, source ownership, and any location-specific use should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match
Relevant searches include 1961 Nevada 8mm aerial desert, vintage Southwest mountains, salt flat or white pool aerial, and home movie desert landscape.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Nevada 1961 landscape footage, then broader aerial desert, mountain, and salt-flat material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Nevada 8mm frame showing an aerial desert basin with white flats or water pools and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Aerial desert basin with white flats and distant Nevada mountains.

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1961 Nevada aerial view with a winding white salt-flat or water feature set against purple desert terrain and a distant ridge.

Winding white feature across desert terrain below hazy mountains.

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1961 Nevada 8mm frame showing a desert valley, hazy blue mountains, and a bright white pool or salt flat near the lower edge.

Desert valley and bright white flat seen from an aircraft.

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1961 Nevada aerial 8mm view of white flats or water pools in the foreground with hazy desert mountains beyond.

White flats lead toward a hazy desert mountain range.

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