San Luis Colorado-1965: Pietà Sculpture in San Luis, Colorado

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationSan Luis, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Pietà Sculpture in San Luis, Colorado — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage home movie captures a poignant stone sculpture of the Pietà in San Luis Colorado. The white marble carving depicts Mary cradling the body of Jesus, with visible wounds on his head and purple stains on the fabric. The scene is set against a dark rock face, with the film's characteristic grain and color shifts enhancing its nostalgic, archival quality. This religious artwork is presented in a quiet, reverent moment, ideal for documentary, editorial, or historical content.

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: 124750217

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: 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 1321 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: vacation #2,mt evans
Reel-level year note: 1964-1965
Reel-level location note: black hills,colorado,mesa verde,ouray
Date: 1965 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: San Luis, Colorado, 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: 1965 8mm footage of a Pieta sculpture in San Luis, Colorado, supports documentary or educational requests for mid-century religious imagery and devotional art cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color, soft exposure, and home-movie framing support a 1960s period feel, while the sculpture itself appears timeless rather than date-specific.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding close on the religious sculpture with small framing shifts rather than staging or narrated presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include Mary cradling Jesus, red marks on Jesus' head, purple staining on fabric, pale carved stone, dark rock behind the figures, and black film edges.
Film character: The scan carries soft 8mm grain, slight color drift, uneven exposure, and contact-print edge darkness that give the brief view a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a contemplative insert, religious cutaway, transition into Catholic context, or quiet memory beat in a historical sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents Catholic devotional sculpture through a 1960s home-movie lens without confirming a specific shrine, artist, or public monument.
Research note: No people, children, logos, or music are indicated, but artwork copyright, site permissions, and property context should be reviewed separately from likeness issues.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1965 8mm Pieta sculpture, San Luis Colorado religious statue, Mary holding Jesus home movie, and Catholic devotional art footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then San Luis or Colorado material from 1965, then broader religious sculpture and Catholic devotional footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 San Luis, Colorado 8mm frame showing a pale Pieta sculpture with Mary cradling Jesus before a dark rock surface. — Close view of the Pieta sculpture, with Mary holding Jesus against a dark stone background.

San Luis, Colorado home-movie frame of the Pieta sculpture, showing Mary bowed over Jesus with dark stone behind them. — The camera holds on Mary and Jesus in the pale carved Pieta sculpture.

1965 8mm close view in San Luis, Colorado, with Mary leaning over Jesus in the Pieta sculpture and the frame partly cropped. — A tighter angle emphasizes Mary's bowed head and Jesus' face in the sculpture.

San Luis, Colorado 1965 frame showing the Pieta sculpture centered more fully, with Mary, Jesus, purple staining, and dark rock visible. — The sculpture is centered with Mary cradling Jesus and dark stone filling the background.

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