Mexico City-1973: Walking Through A Well Kept Lawn Near A Modernist Building

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Mexico City

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Walking Through A Well Kept Lawn Near A Modernist Building — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage footage captures a sun-drenched public park in Mexico City. The camera moves across a meticulously maintained lawn with geometric patterns, passing a striking modernist building with a prominent mosaic facade and yellow accents. People stroll through the green space, their figures slightly blurred by motion, evoking a sense of everyday life in the 1970s. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and subtle scratches, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124571007

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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 1275 · Super 8 · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: mexico
Date: 1973 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: Mexico City, Mexico 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 1970s Mexico City urban-life sequences needing a brief exterior park or civic modernist architecture cutaway.
Period detail: The yellow-trimmed modernist buildings, mosaic-like facade panel, open lawns, and 8mm color stock support a 1973 urban park setting.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld camera moves as a visitor walks through the lawn area, catching pedestrians crossing paths without apparent staging.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include striped lawns, paved walkways, modernist buildings, a mosaic wall panel, scattered pedestrians, trees, and bright daylight.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, vertical scratches, motion blur, and handheld drift that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for Mexico City public space and modern architecture.
Historical context: The footage shows everyday use of a maintained urban green space beside large modern buildings, with people moving through the grounds.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from location or likeness issues.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1973 Mexico City park footage, 8mm modernist building exterior, and 1970s public lawn pedestrians.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Mexico City 1973 exteriors, then broader 1970s urban park and architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Mexico City park view with a dark modernist building, yellow-trimmed structure, patterned grass, and a passing pedestrian. — A pedestrian crosses in front of modernist buildings and a maintained lawn.

Mexico City park grounds in 1973, showing geometric lawn strips, paved paths, trees, and dark modernist building facades. — The camera passes a patterned lawn and modernist buildings in bright daylight.

1973 Mexico City public green space with pedestrians, patterned lawns, paved walkways, trees, and modernist buildings in the background. — Pedestrians move through the park as the camera looks toward taller buildings.

Mexico City park scene from 1973 with a large decorated wall panel, striped grass, paths, trees, and people walking through the grounds. — A decorated wall panel rises beyond the lawn while people cross the paths.

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