Mauna Ulu Hawaii-1971: Smoke Arises From Desert Fire In Hawaii

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMauna Ulu, Hawaii, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 Mauna Ulu Hawaii

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Smoke Arises From Desert Fire In Hawaii — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic plume of dark smoke rising from a desert fire in Mauna Ulu, Hawaii. The grainy, color-bleached footage shows the smoke billowing against a pale sky, with dry desert vegetation visible in the foreground. The camera remains steady, focusing on the ominous column of smoke as it ascends, conveying a sense of danger and environmental risk. This archival clip offers a raw, unfiltered glimpse of a natural event from the early 1970s, with authentic film grain and color degradation characteristic of Super 8 home movies.

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: 124348262

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: 1971 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: Mauna Ulu, Hawaii, 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: 1971 8mm Hawaii footage suited for documentary inserts about Mauna Ulu, volcanic landscape, smoke, fire risk, or environmental observation from a home-movie perspective.
Period detail: The bleached color, soft focus, and 8mm frame edges support an early 1970s home-movie origin, while the view may show dry vegetation with a dark smoke plume beyond it.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on the distant smoke through foreground plants, giving the clip the observational feel of a traveler or local witness recording an unfolding scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale sky, dark reddish smoke, dry flower heads or brush, soft desert vegetation, film gate borders, vertical scratches, and faded color.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, faded warm color, soft exposure, and slight frame instability that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or atmospheric insert for archival sequences about Hawaiian landscape, smoke, fire, or environmental danger.
Historical context: The clip visually places smoke within a dry outdoor Hawaiian setting, but the frames alone do not identify the fire source or confirm a specific event beyond the supplied metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible, though copyright, source ownership, and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1971 Hawaii 8mm smoke plume, Mauna Ulu home movie fire, vintage Hawaiian landscape smoke, and Super 8 volcanic terrain cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1971 Mauna Ulu or Hawaii footage, then with broader archive themes of smoke, fire, volcanoes, or environmental risk.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Mauna Ulu, Hawaii 8mm frame showing a dark smoke plume beyond soft, pale foreground plants. — Dark smoke rises behind dry vegetation in the opening frame.

Faded 8mm view from Mauna Ulu, Hawaii, with a dark smoke column partially obscured by dry vegetation. — Smoke remains visible beyond the foreground brush.

1971 Hawaii home-movie frame with dry flower stems in front of a blurred, smoky reddish plume. — Foreground plants dominate the frame as smoke blurs behind them.

Faded Mauna Ulu 8mm frame showing pale dry plants against a blurred smoke plume and open sky. — Dry stems and flower heads sit in front of a softened smoke plume.

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