Iran-1972: Stone Plaque With Ancient Egyptian Relief on Building Exterior

Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationIran
Duration5s
Collection1972 Iran

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Stone Plaque With Ancient Egyptian Relief on Building... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this archival footage captures a weathered stone plaque featuring ancient Egyptian-style relief carvings mounted on a building exterior in Iran. The scene, viewed through a dark frame, shows the detailed hieroglyphic figures and ceremonial motifs on the aged stone slab, set against a sunlit, sandy-colored wall. The final frame reveals a sweeping aerial view of an ancient archaeological site with geometric ruins and surrounding desert landscape under a dramatic cloudy sky. The warm, faded color palette and film grain evoke a nostalgic, documentary feel.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
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Duration: 5s
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Clip ID: 124330727

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1431 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: longwood gardnes,xmas
Reel-level year note: 1972-1977
Reel-level location note: iran,philadelphia
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Iran Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1972 Iran 8mm footage suited for documentary or museum edits needing visitor-shot views of carved stone reliefs and an archaeological landscape.
Period detail: The footage may show 1970s tourist filming of ancient carved stonework, with sandy masonry, steps, and a final wide view of geometric ruins in a desert setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, observing the relief through dark foreground framing before cutting to a broad landscape view of ruins.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include carved stone figures, a mounted plaque, sandy walls, steps, dark film-frame borders, open desert, geometric ruin outlines, and cloudy sky.
Film character: Warm faded color, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld framing give the scan the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a historical cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition from artifact detail to wider archaeological setting.
Historical context: The images place carved ancient-style imagery and exposed ruins within an Iranian landscape, without enough visual evidence to identify the specific site.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but site identification, property permissions, and underlying footage copyright should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1972 Iran 8mm ruins, ancient stone relief home movie, archaeological site cutaway, and vintage travel footage Iran.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Iran 1972 travel footage, then broader archival material showing ancient reliefs or desert ruins.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Iran 8mm frame showing an ancient-style carved stone relief panel on a sunlit sandy wall, seen through dark foreground framing. — Carved relief panel on a sandy building exterior, seen through dark framing.

1972 Iran 8mm frame with a carved ancient-style relief panel, sandy masonry, and side steps in warm faded color. — Ancient-style relief panel beside sandy masonry and steps.

1972 Iran 8mm frame showing a carved relief slab on a sandy exterior, partly masked by dark film or foreground borders. — Relief slab on an exterior wall with dark foreground borders.

1972 Iran 8mm frame showing a broad archaeological landscape with geometric ruin outlines, desert ground, and dramatic clouds. — Wide archaeological landscape with geometric ruins and cloudy sky.

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