Yucatan Mexico-1973: Wall With A Group Of People

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationYucatan, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 Yucatan Mexico

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Wall With A Group Of People — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage footage captures a group of tourists exploring ancient Mayan ruins in Yucatan, Mexico. The clip opens with a wide view of a massive stone wall rising from a grassy field, with visitors gathered along its base. The camera then moves closer, revealing intricate carved stonework and hieroglyphs on the lower section of the wall. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: grainy texture, purple color cast, and a vertical scratch line. This archival home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century travel and archaeological tourism.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124571153

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: Yucatan, 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: 1970s 8mm travel footage for documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot views of carved stone ruins in Yucatan, Mexico.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s archaeological tourism through handheld 8mm color footage, distant visitors, grassy grounds, and close views of carved masonry.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a wide approach toward the wall into closer inspection of carved stone details.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall stone wall, grassy foreground, distant visitors, carved blocks, weathered reliefs, open sky, and film scan borders.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm grain, muted exposure, purple color shift, handheld framing, and visible vertical scratches as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel-history insert, archaeological cutaway, transition into Mayan-site coverage, or brief memory beat.
Historical context: The clip visually places tourists beside ancient carved masonry, suggesting how archaeological sites were encountered through personal travel filming in the 1970s.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location permissions, and any cultural-site restrictions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 Yucatan 8mm ruins footage, Mayan carved wall home movie, tourists at Mexico archaeological site, and vintage travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1973 Yucatan footage, then broader 1970s Mexico travel or archaeological tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Yucatan home-movie frame showing a tall ruin wall, grassy foreground, and distant visitors at the base. — Visitors stand near a high stone wall across a grassy area.

Closer 1973 Yucatan frame of weathered carved stonework on a ruin wall with grass at the base. — The camera moves closer to carved stone reliefs on the wall.

1973 Yucatan 8mm frame with carved masonry filling the view and a dark rectangular section in the wall. — Weathered carvings and block courses fill the frame.

Close 1973 Yucatan frame of carved wall reliefs, muted color, and visible 8mm film wear. — Carved relief patterns remain visible despite soft focus and film wear.

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