Clarkdale Arizona-1961: Person Stands On Lake Pier On A Clear Sunny Day

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationClarkdale, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Clarkdale Arizona

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Person Stands On Lake Pier On A Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a serene lakeside scene in Clarkdale, Arizona. The clip opens on a calm lake under a soft purple-tinged sky, with distant hills visible across the water. A lone figure appears on a small pier, standing quietly and gazing out over the lake. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1960s. The peaceful atmosphere and nostalgic quality make it ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed content, or evoking 1960s Americana.

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: 124562092

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: 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: Clarkdale, Arizona, 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1961 8mm lakeside home-movie footage for documentary, museum, education, or editorial uses needing a quiet Arizona recreation or memory beat.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1960s leisure travel through 8mm color stock, a simple pier, distant hills, and a lone person framed across a calm lake.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged distance: a home-movie camera observes a person standing quietly on a pier rather than posing for a formal scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, a narrow pier, a distant standing person, low hills, pale sky, shoreline edges, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The scan carries visible 8mm grain, purple color shift, soft focus, slight gate weave, dust, scratches, and rounded frame edges as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, reflective insert, or visual pause within a sequence about travel, lakes, family memory, or Arizona landscapes.
Historical context: The clip provides a quiet view of outdoor recreation in a mid-century home-movie setting without enough visible detail to identify the lake, person, or occasion.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property appear in these frames.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Arizona 8mm lake pier, Clarkdale home movie lake, person on pier vintage footage, and 1960s calm water travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Clarkdale or 1961 Arizona material, then broader 1960s lake, pier, travel, and outdoor leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm home-movie frame from Clarkdale, Arizona, showing calm lake water and distant hills under a purple-shifted sky. — Distant hills and still lake water appear through the 8mm frame at the start of the clip.

Clarkdale, Arizona 8mm frame showing a quiet lake horizon, low hills, and visible scratches from the scanned film. — The lake horizon and low hills remain steady as film scratches and borders are visible in the scan.

1961 Clarkdale, Arizona home-movie frame with a distant person standing on a small pier over a calm lake. — A lone figure stands near the end of a narrow pier, with hills faintly visible across the water.

Final 1961 8mm frame from Clarkdale, Arizona, showing a small lakeside pier, distant person, calm water, and low hills. — The shot widens slightly to include the pier structure, lone figure, calm water, and hazy hills beyond.

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