Yucatan Mexico-1973: Two Women Walking Toward a Mayan Pyramid in the Jungle

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

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Two Women Walking Toward a Mayan Pyramid in the Jungle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures two women walking along a dirt path through lush greenery in Yucatan, Mexico. They approach a massive ancient Mayan pyramid rising from the jungle, its stone structure partially covered in vines. The footage shows the pyramid's stepped design and temple at the summit, with the women moving toward it under a bright, sunny sky. The scene has a nostalgic, grainy quality with a distinct purple color cast, typical of aged Super 8 film. This archival clip evokes a sense of adventure and discovery at a historic landmark.

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: 124571181

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or education edits needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of travelers approaching a Maya pyramid site in Yucatan, Mexico.
Period detail: The 1973 home-movie metadata and visible 8mm color cast, casual clothing, and tourist path may show early-1970s travel documentation at an archaeological landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as two women walk slowly along a jungle path toward the pyramid, filmed from behind by a handheld camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two women, a narrow dirt path, dense greenery, trees, a vine-covered stepped stone pyramid, and a temple structure near the top.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld drift, splice-like frame instability, and a purple-blue aging cast that reads as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel-memory insert, archaeological-site cutaway, approach shot, or transitional beat into a sequence about Yucatan tourism or Maya heritage.
Historical context: The scene documents visitors moving through a lush archaeological setting, offering social context for leisure travel and heritage-site visits without identifying the exact monument.
Research note: People are visible from a distance, so likeness review may still apply, while copyright, site permissions, and any location-specific property or cultural-use restrictions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Yucatan Mexico 8mm, women walking to Maya pyramid, vintage home movie archaeological site, and tourists at Mayan ruins.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Yucatan or Mexico travel footage, then broader vintage archaeological-site and jungle landmark material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm frame from Yucatan, Mexico, showing two women from behind on a jungle path approaching a large Maya pyramid. — Two visitors move along a path toward a stepped stone pyramid partly covered by vegetation.

1973 Yucatan home-movie frame with a soft, purple cast, showing two women walking toward a Maya pyramid partly obscured by trees. — The pyramid and summit structure appear beyond trees as the walkers continue forward.

Yucatan, Mexico 1973 8mm frame showing visitors near the base of a vine-covered Maya pyramid, with trees framing the path. — The walkers pass through greenery near the pyramid base, seen from a handheld visitor viewpoint.

1973 8mm frame in Yucatan showing two women near dense foliage and the sloped wall of a Maya pyramid at an archaeological site. — The visitors pause or slow near the path as the pyramid wall fills the right side of the frame.

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