Cottonwood Arizona-1968: Man Builds Brick Wall In Sunlit Yard

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

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Man Builds Brick Wall In Sunlit Yard — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a man constructing a brick wall outdoors in Cottonwood, Arizona. Dressed in a light-colored work shirt, he carefully lays bricks on a low wall under bright sunlight. The scene is framed by a brick structure in the foreground, with trees and a dry, open landscape visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain and color saturation, offering authentic mid-century Americana footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

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: 124627813

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 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: 1960s Arizona home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts about domestic construction, yard work, mid-century living, or regional everyday life.
Period detail: The light work shirt, low masonry wall, dry yard, young trees, and saturated 8mm color may show late-1960s home improvement in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Home-movie behavior: A man works steadily at a low brick wall while the camera watches from inside or behind a nearby brick opening, giving the scene an unstaged family-film viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a light shirt, stacked bricks, a low wall, brick columns, young trees, dry grass, distant hills, and bright sunlight.
Film character: The clip has a grainy 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, saturated color, slight exposure shifts, and a static-to-handheld observational feel.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, or memory beat for home improvement, rural Arizona, construction labor, or family property sequences.
Historical context: The footage records ordinary outdoor masonry work in a sunlit residential or semi-rural yard without enough visual evidence to identify the property or worker.
Research note: A person and face are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos appear, and copyright, location, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 Cottonwood Arizona 8mm home movie, man building brick wall, vintage yard construction, and 1960s home improvement footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other Cottonwood or 1968 Arizona footage, then broader home-building and outdoor labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Cottonwood, Arizona home-movie frame showing a man partly visible behind a low brick wall, with trees and dry open land beyond. — A man stands partly out of frame behind a low brick wall in a bright yard.

1968 Cottonwood, Arizona frame of a man in a light shirt leaning over a low masonry wall in a dry, sunlit yard. — The man leans forward over the wall while working in the sun.

1968 Cottonwood, Arizona home-movie frame showing a man working at a low brick wall, with young trees and open land in the background. — A man continues masonry work on a low wall in an outdoor yard.

1968 Cottonwood, Arizona frame of a man reaching across a low brick wall during outdoor masonry work, with a dry landscape behind him. — The man reaches across the wall as he works on the masonry.

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