Cottonwood Arizona-1968: A Man In A White Uniform Works With Cement Or Mortar

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationCottonwood, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 Cottonwood Arizona

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A Man In A White Uniform Works With Cement Or Mortar — Clip Details

A man in a white uniform works with cement and mortar at a construction site in Cottonwood, Arizona, 1968. Shot on 8mm film, this vintage home movie captures a bricklayer laying bricks on a wall, using a trowel to spread mortar. The scene unfolds outdoors against a red brick wall, with natural daylight and the characteristic grain and color shifts of 1960s Super 8 footage. The man’s focused movements and the evolving brickwork offer a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century construction work and everyday labor.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124627807

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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 1040 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: scottsdale
Reel-level year note: 1968
Reel-level location note: scottsdale arizona
Date: 1968 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: Cottonwood, Arizona, United States 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 1960s documentary or commercial edits needing everyday construction labor, masonry work, or small-site building activity in archival 8mm footage.
Period detail: The white work clothing, brick wall, hand tools, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1960s construction setting in Cottonwood, Arizona, per supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes a worker from close range as he bends, reaches, and works around a mortar tray, giving the scene an unstaged record of routine manual labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in white work clothes, red brick walls, a mortar or cement tray, stacked bricks, a trowel-like hand tool, and an outdoor yard beyond the wall.
Film character: The clip carries a handheld 8mm look with soft focus, visible grain, slight color shifts, and uneven exposure that situate it as physical home-movie footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, labor cutaway, construction-process detail, or transition into material about building, trade work, or local development.
Historical context: The footage places masonry work in a modest outdoor building setting, showing practical hand labor rather than staged industrial promotion.
Research note: A person is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are visible, but copyright, location, and property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 Cottonwood Arizona construction, 1960s 8mm bricklayer, vintage masonry work, mortar trowel, or home-movie building site footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cottonwood or 1968 Arizona material, then broader 1960s construction and masonry labor footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cottonwood, Arizona, 1968, a man in white work clothes bends near a mortar tray at an outdoor brick construction area. — A worker bends over the masonry work area beside a red brick wall.

A white-clothed worker reaches over a mortar or cement tray while working beside a red brick wall in the 1968 Cottonwood clip. — The worker reaches across the tray while continuing masonry work.

The worker stands at the masonry area, partly turned away, with a mortar tray, brickwork, and outdoor space visible in Cottonwood, Arizona. — The man works at the tray with brick walls and yard space behind him.

The final frame shows the brick construction area and yard after the worker has moved mostly out of view in the Cottonwood, Arizona footage. — The camera holds on the brick wall, work area, and yard beyond.

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