Arizona USA-1968: Couple Exploring Desert Landscape and Power Plant Plaque

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

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Couple Exploring Desert Landscape and Power Plant Plaque — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1968 captures a couple exploring a rugged desert landscape in Arizona. The footage opens with a detailed informational plaque for a power plant, listing technical specifications like capacity and materials, before cutting to a man and woman standing on a rocky hillside. The woman wears a white shirt and a blue headscarf, while the man is in a light-colored shirt, both dressed for a warm, sunny day. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and personal travel memories.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 124744201

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Helps document 1960s Arizona travel, desert sightseeing, and visitor encounters with public infrastructure for editorial inserts or home-movie context.
Period detail: The clothing, 8mm color, and posted technical plaque support a late-1960s travel-film setting, with Arizona location and 1968 date supplied by metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of travelers pausing to film an informational plaque and then recording companions in a rocky desert overlook.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a technical power plant plaque, metallic frame or rail, chain barrier, rocky desert slope, dirt road, and two adult travelers in light clothing.
Film character: The footage shows saturated 8mm color, soft focus, handheld framing, and exposure shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway from infrastructure signage to desert visitors, or as a transition in a personal travel sequence.
Historical context: The frames place private leisure travel beside large-scale utility infrastructure, without enough visible evidence to identify the exact facility.
Research note: Two adult faces are visible and may require likeness review; copyright, location access, and property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1968 Arizona 8mm home movie, desert travelers, power plant plaque, rocky overlook, and mid-century travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Arizona travel shots, then other 1968 desert or infrastructure views, then broader home-movie road trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Arizona home-movie frame showing a power plant information plaque with technical specifications in soft focus. — A close view of a technical plaque listing power plant specifications.

Close 8mm view of a power plant plaque with capacity and materials text, partially blurred by handheld filming. — The camera lingers on the plaque's technical text and surrounding metal trim.

Lower section of the Arizona power plant plaque, with a chain barrier visible across the foreground. — A chain barrier crosses the lower edge of the plaque display.

Two adult travelers in 1968 Arizona stand in bright sun on a rocky desert overlook, with a winding road behind them. — A man and woman pause on a rocky desert hillside during a sunny travel stop.

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