Yucatan Mexico-1973: Large Mayan Stone Sculpture With Man and Mythical Creature

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

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Large Mayan Stone Sculpture With Man and Mythical Creature — Clip Details

YUCATAN MEXICO-1973: A vintage 8mm film clip captures a large Mayan stone sculpture featuring a man with a mythical creature atop his head. The monument, carved with intricate hieroglyphs and ceremonial patterns, stands against a cloudy sky with palm trees visible. The footage, shot on Super 8, shows the structure from multiple angles, highlighting its weathered stonework and cultural significance. The greenish tint and film grain evoke a nostalgic, archival feel, offering a glimpse into 1970s Mexican heritage and historical landmarks.

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: 124571443

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Yucatan home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational edits needing a brief visitor-shot view of Maya-inspired stone monument details.
Period detail: The green-tinted 8mm look, roadside setting, and 1973 metadata support a 1970s travel-film context in Yucatan, Mexico.
Home-movie behavior: The camera studies the monument from close and wider angles, reflecting an unstaged tourist or visitor perspective at a cultural landmark.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a carved stone figure, patterned wall, tall stone pillars, cloudy sky, palm silhouettes, road edge, and distant buildings.
Film character: The clip has visible film grain, soft focus, green color cast, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing cutaway, cultural travel insert, or memory beat within a 1970s Mexico sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows a public-facing stone monument or architectural setting associated with Maya imagery, without identifying a specific site beyond the supplied Yucatan metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but monument design, site identity, copyright, and property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1973 Yucatan 8mm travel footage, Maya stone sculpture home movie, or vintage Mexico monument cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1973 Yucatan travel clips, then with broader Mexico monument or Maya heritage visuals.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Yucatan 8mm frame showing a close view of a carved stone monument with a figure and patterned relief details. — Close framing on the carved stone figure and relief-like patterns against clouds.

1973 Yucatan home-movie frame of a carved stone monument, with a figure form and decorative stone patterns under branches. — The camera holds on the upper portion of the stone monument beneath overhanging leaves.

1973 Yucatan 8mm wide shot showing the monument beside a stone wall, road edge, trees, and background buildings. — A wider view places the carved figure within a roadside stone-wall setting.

1973 Yucatan home-movie frame showing the carved stone figure, wall, pillar, trees, road edge, and distant buildings. — The closing frame keeps the monument in a wider roadside composition with wall and trees.

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