Yucatan Mexico-1973: Lizard on Rocky Sun-Drenched Terrain

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

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Lizard on Rocky Sun-Drenched Terrain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a small lizard navigating a rugged, sun-drenched rock formation in Yucatan, Mexico. The footage, bathed in a distinct greenish tint typical of aged Super 8 film, shows the reptile moving slowly across the uneven terrain, its slender body blending with the cracked, weathered stones. Sparse green foliage peeks from the background, adding contrast to the arid landscape. The handheld camera remains steady, focusing on the lizard’s natural behavior in its native habitat. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into 1970s wildlife observation, perfect for documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124571709

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s natural-history, travel, or environmental productions needing a brief 8mm cutaway of a lizard on rocky terrain in Yucatan, Mexico.
Period detail: The visible period evidence comes mainly from the 8mm film texture, green color shift, grain, and handheld home-movie framing rather than dated objects in the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged wildlife observation, with the camera lingering on a small lizard as it moves through sunlit rocks and sparse vegetation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small lizard, pale cracked rocks, dry plant stems, sparse green foliage, shadows, and uneven outdoor ground.
Film character: The footage has a green-tinted aged-film palette, soft 8mm grain, mild blur, and steady handheld framing that give it archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, travel cutaway, environmental transition, or quiet observational beat within a 1970s Mexico sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents visitor-shot outdoor wildlife observation in Yucatan, with no visible people, buildings, signage, or identifiable cultural landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific use questions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1973 Yucatan 8mm lizard footage, vintage Mexico wildlife home movie, rocky terrain reptile cutaway, and 1970s nature travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1973 Yucatan or Mexico travel footage, and then broader vintage wildlife, rocky landscape, or reptile material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Small lizard on sunlit rocky ground in 1973 Yucatan 8mm footage, partly blending with pale stones and dry vegetation. — A lizard lies across uneven rocks amid dry plant stems.

Lizard moving over cracked pale rocks in Yucatan, Mexico, seen through green-tinted 1970s 8mm home-movie film. — The lizard remains low against the rocks, camouflaged by the uneven terrain.

A slightly blurred 1973 Yucatan 8mm frame shows a lizard near pale rocks, dry stems, and soft green vegetation. — Motion blur and aged color tint soften the view of the lizard on the rocks.

Final 8mm frame from Yucatan shows the lizard partly obscured among pale rocks, dry twigs, and green-tinted vegetation. — The lizard is harder to distinguish as the rocky terrain fills the frame.

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