Moscow Russia-1971: Oil Refinery On Fire Located On Large Plot Of Land

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMoscow, Russia
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 in Russia

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Oil Refinery On Fire Located On Large Plot Of Land — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic scene at an industrial site in Moscow, Russia. A thick plume of dark smoke billows into the sky from a distant oil refinery or processing plant, rising above a cluster of wooden cabins and sparse trees along a riverbank. The calm water reflects the hazy sky and the industrial smoke, creating a stark contrast between nature and industrial activity. The footage, with its characteristic film grain and color saturation, offers a rare glimpse of Soviet-era industrial life and environmental impact.

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: 124885473

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1971 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Moscow, Russia Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Soviet-era industrial exterior footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing a distant refinery fire or smoke plume near a river.
Period detail: The 8mm color, low industrial shoreline, small wooden structures, and sparse riverside trees may show a 1971 Moscow-area industrial landscape without identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a bystander or travel-film viewpoint, watching the smoke from across calm water rather than presenting an official industrial record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a broad river, low shoreline, wooden cabins, sparse trees, industrial structures, a dark smoke plume, and blue sky.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, saturated blue tones, handheld framing, gate edges, and visible grain from the physical scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an industrial cutaway, environmental transition, Soviet-era establishing insert, or brief visual beat for fire and pollution context.
Historical context: The scene visually contrasts calm water and rural-looking shoreline structures with heavy industrial smoke, suggesting everyday proximity to industrial activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still review copyright, location identification, and any property depiction before licensing.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 Moscow 8mm industrial fire, Soviet refinery smoke, riverbank oil facility, and vintage home movie pollution footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Moscow 1971 footage, then Soviet industrial, riverside, fire, smoke, or environmental archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Moscow 8mm frame showing dark smoke above a low riverside industrial area with wooden structures and sparse trees. — Dark smoke rises behind a shoreline of trees and small wooden structures across calm water.

1971 Moscow-area river view with a dark industrial smoke plume rising behind a small cabin and sparse trees. — A smoke column towers over a quiet riverside settlement or industrial edge.

1971 Moscow 8mm frame of a low industrial riverbank with equipment, rough shoreline, and distant trees. — The camera looks across water toward a low industrial bank with equipment and trees behind it.

1971 Moscow-area riverside industrial scene with a small tower-like structure, shoreline equipment, trees, and water. — Industrial equipment and a small tower-like structure line the far bank beyond the water.

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