Yucatan Mexico-1973: Large Stone Pyramid And Small Brown Pyramid On A Bright

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

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Large Stone Pyramid And Small Brown Pyramid On A Bright — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage footage captures a large stone Mayan pyramid in Yucatan, Mexico, under a bright, sunny sky. The camera moves across the ancient structure, highlighting its weathered stonework, steep staircases, and stepped pyramid form. A smaller pyramid is visible in the distance, surrounded by lush greenery. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—slight grain, soft focus, and a distinct greenish color cast—evoking a nostalgic, archival feel of a mid-20th century travel home movie.

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: 124571929

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: 1970s 8mm travel footage for documentary or educational edits needing a visitor-level view of a stone Mayan pyramid in Yucatan, Mexico.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s tourist filming practices through its handheld framing, soft focus, color cast, and short observational view of archaeological stonework.
Home-movie behavior: The camera reads as a visitor-shot home movie, moving close to the pyramid wall and stair-stepped structure rather than presenting a staged survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include weathered stone steps, steep pyramid faces, a masonry wall, small dark openings, bright clouds, green vegetation, and a distant smaller structure.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft focus, mild exposure fluctuation, vertical film wear, and a greenish color cast that give it physical archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, archaeological-site cutaway, transition beat, or memory fragment within a Yucatan or ancient-architecture sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for 1970s leisure travel to a Mayan archaeological site, without identifying the exact ruin beyond the supplied Yucatan metadata.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any site or property permissions should be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Yucatan 8mm pyramid footage, Mayan stone pyramid home movie, vintage Mexico travel film, and 1970s archaeological site cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1973 Yucatan or Mexico travel footage, then with broader vintage archaeology, ruins, and landmark exteriors.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Yucatan 8mm frame showing a weathered stone pyramid and nearby wall under a bright, clouded sky. — A visitor-level view looks up toward the stepped stone pyramid and adjacent wall.

1973 Yucatan travel footage frame with a close view of the pyramid face, upper platform, and bright clouds. — The handheld camera frames the pyramid face close to the adjacent masonry wall.

Soft 8mm frame from Yucatan showing the upper stone pyramid, dark doorway-like opening, and bright clouds. — The upper pyramid tiers and a dark opening appear against the bright afternoon sky.

1973 Yucatan frame showing the pyramid slope with greenery and a smaller structure in the distance. — The final view drops toward the pyramid base, with vegetation and a smaller structure beyond.

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