Nevada USA-1960: View Of Barren Brown Field On A Sunny Day

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Year1960
Decade1960s
LocationNevada, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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View Of Barren Brown Field On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1960, this vintage home movie captures a vast, barren landscape in Nevada under a bright, overcast sky. The initial frames show a desolate, brown field stretching to the horizon, with subtle film grain and color fading typical of the era. In the final frame, three people appear in the distance—a man in a suit and two women in coats—standing near a large white barrel, suggesting a roadside stop or survey point. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American desert travel, with authentic Super 8 film texture and a quiet, observational mood.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123742981

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1960 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Nevada 8mm landscape footage for productions needing a quiet desert, roadside-travel, or barren-field establishing insert.
Period detail: The faded color, rounded 8mm frame edges, and broad undeveloped terrain support a mid-century home-movie view, while no specific landmark is identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the open Nevada landscape from a traveler’s viewpoint, with an unstaged pause on distant desert terrain rather than a composed scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: The frames show a pale sky, distant horizon, low brown desert ridges, dry washes, open scrubland, and dark film gate borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color drift, and slight handheld framing give the clip a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing shot, transition, road-trip cutaway, or quiet memory beat between more specific Nevada or western U.S. scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a mid-century visitor’s view of open Nevada terrain, emphasizing travel observation and undeveloped desert space without identifying a named site.
Research note: People are flagged elsewhere in the clip, so likeness review may be needed even though faces are not readable here; copyright and location/property review remain separate.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1960 Nevada 8mm desert landscape, vintage home movie barren field, western U.S. roadside terrain, and faded color travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Nevada 1960 travel material, then broader barren desert landscape or roadside stop footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1960 8mm view of open Nevada desert terrain, distant low ridges, and a washed-out sky framed by black film edges. — Open desert field and low horizon seen through a faded 8mm frame.

Faded 1960 Nevada home-movie frame showing barren desert flats, low ridgelines, and a pale overcast sky. — Distant ridges and dry terrain stretch across the frame.

Nevada 8mm travel footage frame with open scrubby terrain, distant horizon, and muted mid-century color fading. — A broad barren field fills the lower frame below a pale sky.

Wide 1960 Nevada landscape frame showing rocky dry ground, desert flats, and far ridges under a washed-out sky. — Rocky foreground and distant desert flats in a handheld landscape view.

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