Yucatan Mexico-1973: Water Fountain And Road Overpass

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

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Water Fountain And Road Overpass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched urban scene in Yucatan, Mexico. A man in a red shirt walks past a central water fountain in a tree-lined plaza, while others stroll nearby. The footage transitions to a city street view through a railing, showing a cyclist, a busy overpass with cars, and mid-century modern buildings. The greenish color cast and film grain are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 124599320

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: Yes
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: 1970s 8mm urban Mexico footage suited to documentary inserts about city streets, plazas, fountains, mobility, or travel memory.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s urban design cues, including modernist office blocks, globe streetlamps, concrete overpasses, railings, and period cars.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, observing pedestrians, a cyclist, traffic, and a plaza fountain from a casual handheld position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a plaza fountain, pedestrians, trees, railings, a bicycle, an overpass, street signs, cars, and mid-century buildings.
Film character: The 8mm footage carries green color shift, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that signal scanned physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or location-establishing memory beat between broader Mexico travel or urban history scenes.
Historical context: The clip documents everyday public space and road infrastructure as seen by a home-movie camera, without proving a specific landmark or event.
Research note: People and possible signage or brands are visible, so copyright licensing should be separated from likeness, trademark, and location-identification review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1973 Yucatan Mexico 8mm street scene, vintage Mexico fountain plaza, urban overpass home movie, and 1970s city traffic footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Yucatan or Mexico travel footage, then similar plaza, traffic, and overpass scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Yucatan, Mexico home-movie view of a tree-lined urban plaza with a fountain, pedestrians, lamps, and city buildings. — A man walks near a plaza fountain while other pedestrians move through the tree-lined public space.

1973 Yucatan, Mexico street view with a cyclist by a railing, an overpass carrying cars, and modern city buildings in the background. — A cyclist pauses near the railing as traffic passes on the elevated roadway behind him.

1973 Yucatan, Mexico home-movie frame looking past dark railings toward a concrete overpass, directional signs, traffic, and urban buildings. — Railings frame a view of the overpass, directional signage, cars, and the city street beyond.

1973 Yucatan, Mexico urban overpass scene with cars, globe streetlamps, foreground railings, trees, and modern building facades. — Cars move across the overpass in front of modern buildings and globe streetlamps.

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