Yucatan Mexico-1973: Stone Pyramid And Fountain At Archaeological Site

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

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Stone Pyramid And Fountain At Archaeological Site — Clip Details

YUCATAN MEXICO-1973: Vintage 8mm film captures a sun-drenched archaeological site with a massive stone pyramid rising behind a circular stone fountain. Visitors in 1970s attire stroll near a covered pavilion, exploring the ancient ruins. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows a distinct greenish color cast and film grain, characteristic of home movies from the era. Lush trees frame the scene, with a stone wall and steps leading to the pyramid, evoking a sense of historical discovery and tropical adventure.

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: 124571776

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: Useful for 1970s Yucatan travel, archaeology-site visits, and visitor-shot documentary cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clip may show 1970s tourist clothing, a covered visitor pavilion, and handheld home-movie framing around a stone pyramid and fountain area.
Home-movie behavior: The value is the casual visitor perspective, with people strolling and the camera lingering on the fountain, trees, pavilion, and pyramid without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large stone pyramid, circular stone fountain wall, trees, walkway, pavilion, distant visitors, and green landscape.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries green color shift, grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight handheld motion that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, archaeology transition, or ambient visual bridge in a Mexico sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a tourist encounter with an archaeological landscape in Yucatan, showing visitors moving through built viewing areas near ancient stone architecture.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from location or person clearance.
Research search match: Searches may include 1973 Yucatan 8mm archaeological site, Mexico stone pyramid fountain home movie, and 1970s tourists at ruins.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Yucatan footage, then broader Mexico archaeology or tourist-site home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Green-shifted 8mm frame from Yucatan, Mexico, showing trees and a low stone structure near the archaeological grounds. — Trees and low stonework appear in a soft, green-tinted opening view.

Yucatan archaeological site view with a large stone pyramid behind a circular fountain wall and surrounding trees. — A stone pyramid stands beyond the circular fountain wall and shaded trees.

1973 Yucatan home-movie frame showing a pavilion and stone fountain wall near a large pyramid at an archaeological site. — The camera frames the pavilion and fountain wall with the pyramid rising behind trees.

A visitor in a white shirt walks away from the camera near the fountain wall, pavilion, trees, and Yucatan pyramid. — A visitor walks toward the fountain area as the pyramid and pavilion fill the background.

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