Clarkdale Arizona-1968: Three Riders on Desert Trail

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationClarksdale, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Arizona

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Three Riders on Desert Trail — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures three people riding horses through the arid desert landscape of Clarksdale, Arizona. The riders, dressed in casual attire, navigate a dusty trail dotted with sparse shrubs and mesquite trees under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight camera shake, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American outdoor recreation. The scene conveys a sense of quiet adventure and connection with the rugged Southwest terrain.

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: 124568715

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 1040 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: scottsdale
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: scottsdale arizona
Date: 1968 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: Clarksdale, Arizona, United States 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.
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: Useful for 1960s American Southwest home-movie requests needing brief horseback riding, desert recreation, or rural travel atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1960s casual riding attire, 8mm color stock, and a sparsely developed Arizona desert setting consistent with the supplied 1968 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged family-film perspective as riders pass at a distance along a dusty trail rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include three riders, light and dark horses, desert scrub, sandy washes, low trees, a blue sky, and distant open land.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition, or memory beat for outdoor recreation, Arizona travel, or horseback riding in the Southwest.
Historical context: The footage documents leisure riding through an arid landscape, offering social context for mid-century home movies and regional outdoor activity without identifying the people.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent from the provided frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1968 8mm Arizona horseback riding, vintage desert trail riders, Southwest home movie horses, and Clarksdale Arizona recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1968 Clarksdale or Arizona footage, then broader horseback riding and desert recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three people ride horses through a desert area in Clarksdale, Arizona, in supplied 1968 8mm home-movie footage. — Riders pass through low desert shrubs on horseback.

A horseback rider moves across the scrub desert, with another rider partly visible behind in the Arizona home-movie scene. — A light-colored horse and rider move along the desert trail.

The riders appear closer together on a sandy desert trail, with scrub vegetation and distant open terrain behind them. — Horseback riders bunch together along the desert path.

Three riders on light and dark horses pause or move slowly in the Clarksdale, Arizona desert setting from the 1968 8mm footage. — Three horseback riders pause among desert brush and small trees.

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