Cottonwood Arizona-1968: A Middle Aged Woman With Glasses Smooths Out A Cement Mixture

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

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A Middle Aged Woman With Glasses Smooths Out A Cement... — Clip Details

A middle-aged woman with glasses and curly hair works outdoors in Cottonwood, Arizona, in 1968, smoothing cement with a trowel. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures her focused effort against a red brick wall, wearing a light-colored short-sleeved shirt. The warm, slightly faded colors and natural lighting evoke a nostalgic, authentic home movie feel. The scene shifts between close-ups of her hands working the mixture and wider views of her at a construction site, showcasing a moment of everyday labor from the late 1960s.

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: 124627849

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.

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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 home-movie requests needing everyday outdoor labor, small construction activity, or domestic repair footage in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Period detail: The light short-sleeved clothing, brick wall, 8mm color texture, and handheld framing support a late-1960s home-movie view, with the 1968 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman appears absorbed in practical work, smoothing material with a trowel while the camera observes from close range without staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman with glasses, a hand trowel, wet cement or mortar, a red brick wall, roof or ledge materials, bright sunlight, and a partial outdoor yard view.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the feel of original family-shot film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, domestic labor cutaway, renovation detail, or memory beat within a sequence about everyday work in the late 1960s.
Historical context: The footage shows ordinary hands-on repair or construction activity around a brick structure, emphasizing practical domestic labor rather than a formal worksite.
Research note: A recognizable adult face is visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, with no visible logos or audible music indicated in the metadata.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 8mm home movie woman smoothing cement, Cottonwood Arizona domestic repair, vintage trowel work, or 1960s outdoor masonry footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Cottonwood or Arizona material from 1968, then broader 1960s home repair and outdoor labor scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cottonwood, Arizona, a woman in a light short-sleeved shirt leans over work material near a red brick wall in 1968 home-movie footage. — A woman works close to a brick wall, leaning over a surface in bright outdoor light.

A woman with glasses reaches across a surface beside a red brick wall during outdoor work in Cottonwood, Arizona, 1968. — The woman reaches forward over the work area beside the brick wall.

A woman with glasses holds a small trowel toward the camera near a red brick wall in 1968 Cottonwood home-movie footage. — The woman pauses with a trowel raised toward the camera.

The woman handles a trowel and material near an outdoor yard, continuing the 1968 Cottonwood, Arizona repair or cement work scene. — The camera catches her hands and tools as she continues working outdoors.

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