Grand Canyon Arizona-1972: Antelope and Bird at a Roadside Refuge

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationGrand Canyon, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Antelope and Bird at a Roadside Refuge — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a serene outdoor refuge in Grand Canyon, Arizona. A large black bird with white tail feathers walks across a grassy hillside, while a group of antelope graze near a rocky embankment. A large antelope with long horns and a small calf are seen near a roadside, with classic American cars visible in the foreground. The footage features natural sunlight, film grain, and a nostalgic 1970s color palette, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124570448

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 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: Grand Canyon, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1970s 8mm home-movie material for productions needing roadside wildlife or refuge cutaways associated with Grand Canyon, Arizona travel.
Period detail: The frames may show early 1970s era clues in the boxy parked cars, muted film color, open roadside setting, and visitor-shot framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing beside a refuge or roadside animal area to film grazing animals from a nearby car.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include grazing horned animals, a dark bird with pale tail feathers, grassy slopes, a rock pile, utility poles, parked cars, and distant hills.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, roadside transition, or quiet pause within a 1970s Southwest sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects a visitor perspective on animals near a road in an open landscape, with cars and utility poles placing wildlife close to travel infrastructure.
Research note: No people or readable logos are visible, but animal setting, location claims, copyright status, and any property or refuge permissions should be independently reviewed.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1972 8mm Arizona wildlife, Grand Canyon roadside animals, vintage home movie antelope, and 1970s refuge footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Grand Canyon travel scenes, then other 1972 Arizona roadside footage, then broader vintage wildlife or refuge material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm home-movie frame from Grand Canyon, Arizona, showing a dark bird with pale tail feathers on a grassy roadside slope. — A dark bird moves across a grassy hillside while another animal rests near the lower edge of the frame.

A horned animal grazes near a yellow car and utility poles in a 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona roadside wildlife scene. — A large horned animal grazes close to parked cars, with open ground and utility poles behind it.

1972 8mm frame from Grand Canyon, Arizona, showing a large horned animal grazing near parked cars and a smaller animal. — The camera holds on a grazing horned animal beside roadside cars, with another animal farther back.

A 1972 Grand Canyon, Arizona home-movie frame shows multiple animals near a rock pile with distant hills in the background. — Several animals graze near a rocky embankment, with distant hills and roadside elements visible beyond them.

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