Cottonwood Arizona-1968: Men Working On The Construction Of An Artesian Well To

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

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Men Working On The Construction Of An Artesian Well To — Clip Details

A man in a light-colored shirt works on the construction of an artesian well in Cottonwood, Arizona, in 1968. Shot on 8mm film, the footage shows him placing wooden forms, handling rebar, and working with wet concrete. The scene captures the hands-on process of building a well foundation, with close-ups of his hands and tools. The warm, slightly faded colors and film grain evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel from the late 1960s.

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: 124627833

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: 1968 8mm footage of hands-on well construction in Cottonwood, Arizona, suited to documentary or educational edits about rural infrastructure, water supply, and manual building work.
Period detail: The light work shirt, simple wooden forms, exposed rebar, and faded 8mm color may show late-1960s small-scale construction methods in an outdoor Arizona setting.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the worker’s hands and materials, giving the scene an unstaged home-movie view of practical labor rather than a formal construction record.
What appears in frame: Visible details include wooden formwork, wet concrete or cement, rebar, a worker in a light shirt, hand tools, sunlit ground, and rough outdoor work materials.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slightly faded color, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that add physical-film texture to the construction details.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, process cutaway, or transition beat for stories about water infrastructure, construction work, or everyday improvement projects.
Historical context: The footage visually documents small-scale manual construction around a well foundation, with emphasis on materials and hand labor rather than machinery or public ceremony.
Research note: People are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, and any property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1968 Cottonwood Arizona well construction, 8mm home movie cement work, rebar wooden forms, and rural water supply footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cottonwood or 1968 Arizona material, then broader clips on wells, concrete work, or rural infrastructure.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cottonwood, Arizona, 1968, a worker’s hand rests near wooden forms and rebar during artesian well construction. — A worker’s hand reaches into a wooden form as rebar and construction materials sit nearby.

Wooden formwork, rebar, and flat construction material appear in the 1968 Cottonwood well-building scene. — Wooden forms and rebar define part of the well foundation area.

A close-up shows wet cement or concrete beside wooden formwork during the Cottonwood, Arizona well construction. — Wet concrete or cement fills the edge of a wooden form.

A man in a light shirt handles materials around wooden forms and rebar in Cottonwood, Arizona, 1968. — The worker bends over the well formwork while handling construction material by hand.

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