Cottonwood Arizona-1968: Man Breaking Apart Partially Sawn Logs

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

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Man Breaking Apart Partially Sawn Logs — Clip Details

A man in a dark t-shirt and jeans struggles to break apart a partially sawn log in a wooded area of Cottonwood, Arizona, in 1968. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures his effort as he bends and pulls the heavy piece of wood, surrounded by dense green trees and dappled sunlight. The natural, unfiltered quality of the Super 8 home movie shows the man's strength and the rustic outdoor setting, evoking a sense of self-reliance and everyday life in the late 1960s. The film exhibits characteristic grain and color saturation of vintage home movies.

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: 124628090

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: Useful for 1960s rural home-life requests needing practical outdoor labor, firewood preparation, or self-reliant domestic activity in archival 8mm footage.
Period detail: The clothing, wooded setting, and home-movie color may show everyday late-1960s outdoor work rather than a staged or formally documented event.
Home-movie behavior: The man appears absorbed in the physical task of pulling apart a partially sawn log, giving the clip unstaged value as observed home labor.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an adult man, dark t-shirt, jeans, cut log, wooded brush, tree trunks, dirt ground, and dappled sunlight.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, saturated greens, handheld framing, and uneven exposure typical of small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, labor insert, rural transition, or memory beat within a sequence about domestic outdoor work.
Historical context: The clip visually situates manual firewood or log handling within a wooded Arizona setting, without establishing a specific property or broader event.
Research note: One adult is visible, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos or music are indicated, and copyright clearance is separate from personal rights.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 Cottonwood Arizona 8mm home movie, man breaking firewood, rural outdoor labor, and vintage log cutting footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other Cottonwood 1968 scenes, then broader rural labor or firewood preparation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Cottonwood, Arizona in 1968, an adult man bends over a cut log among trees and brush while working outdoors. — Man begins pulling apart a partially sawn log in the woods.

The man continues working the partially cut log in a wooded Cottonwood, Arizona setting, with dense greenery behind him. — The man braces the log with both hands as he tries to separate it.

The man leans down toward the partly sawn log, framed by brush and trees in the 1968 Cottonwood home-movie footage. — He bends over the log, applying force near the cut section.

Near the end of the clip, the man pulls hard on the partially split log amid trees and sunlit brush in Cottonwood, Arizona. — The man strains upward on the log as the wooded background fills the frame.

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