Yucatan Mexico-1973: Abandoned Mayan Temple On A Hill With Iguanas Below

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

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Abandoned Mayan Temple On A Hill With Iguanas Below — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage footage captures ancient Mayan ruins atop a rocky hill in Yucatan, Mexico. The weathered stone structure, likely a temple or observatory, stands against a cloudy sky with a distinct greenish film tint. The camera slowly zooms in, revealing the crumbling architecture and surrounding stone walls. In the final frames, a lizard, possibly an iguana, rests on the rocks below, adding life to the historic scene. The grainy texture and color degradation are characteristic of home movie footage from the era, evoking a sense of nostalgia and archaeological discovery.

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: 124571678

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot 8mm views of Mayan ruins in Yucatan with a brief wildlife detail.
Period detail: The green-shifted color, soft 8mm grain, and zooming tourist viewpoint support the 1973 home-movie date supplied in the metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor pausing on a ruin, slowly reframing the stone structure before noticing a lizard among the rocks below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a weathered stone building, rough stacked walls, rocky hillside, cloudy sky, scrubby roots, pale boulders, and a lizard on the stones.
Film character: The footage shows soft focus, visible grain, mild gate marks, green color drift, and handheld zoom movement consistent with aged 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, archaeological cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition from ruins to local wildlife.
Historical context: The frames document a 1970s visitor view of pre-Columbian stone architecture in Yucatan without identifying the specific site or making claims about its original function.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright status and any site or property permissions for their use case.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 8mm Yucatan Mayan ruins, vintage Mexico temple footage, abandoned stone structure on hill, and iguana near archaeological rocks.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Yucatan travel footage, then broader Mayan ruins or vintage archaeology themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 8mm view of a weathered stone structure on a rocky Yucatan hillside beneath a cloudy sky. — A distant stone ruin rises above a rough rock wall on the hillside.

Closer 1973 Yucatan view of a weathered Mayan stone building framed by rubble and clouds. — The camera moves closer to the rectangular stone structure above the rubble.

Vintage 8mm frame of the Yucatan ruin, with dark window-like openings and a rough stone foreground. — The ruin remains centered behind a broken stone wall and rocky slope.

A lizard, possibly an iguana, rests on rocks and exposed roots in the 1973 Yucatan footage. — A lizard lies still among pale rocks, roots, and scrub at the foot of the ruins.

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