MT. Lemmon Arizona-1971: Mt Lemmon Inn in Desert Mountains

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationMt. Lemmon, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, United States
StatusDirect License

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MT. Lemmon Arizona-1971: Mt Lemmon Inn in Desert Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage footage captures the rugged beauty of California's mountainous wilderness. The sequence opens with sweeping views of wild, purple-hued peaks and sparse desert scrub, evoking a sense of isolation. The scene transitions to the rustic Mt Lemmon Inn, a weathered wooden structure with a prominent yellow sign, nestled among trees. The building features a stone chimney and a balcony with a 'Food Bar & Dancing' sign, suggesting a cozy mountain retreat. The film's grainy texture and faded colors enhance its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 125064481

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$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: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 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: Mt. Lemmon, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1971 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing mountain travel scenery, roadside lodging exteriors, or a brief rustic inn cutaway.
Period detail: Visible clues include faded color 8mm texture, a rustic wood inn facade, a stone chimney, and hand-painted-looking signs for Mt Lemmon Inn and food, bar, and dancing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, moving from distant mountain scenery to a quick exterior look at a roadside mountain inn without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: The frames show purple-hued mountain ridges, desert scrub, a rustic wooden inn, a stone chimney, yellow Mt Lemmon Inn lettering, balcony rails, trees, and a food-bar-dancing sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and faded color that place the scene within a physical home-movie record.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief travel insert, location-establishing cutaway, roadside hospitality transition, or memory beat between outdoor journey scenes.
Historical context: The footage may show early 1970s leisure travel visual culture through a small mountain inn exterior and surrounding wilderness scenery, without visible patrons or staff.
Research note: The inn name and signage are visible, so trademark, property, and location identification should be reviewed separately from footage copyright licensing.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1971 8mm mountain inn exterior, vintage roadside lodge sign, Mt Lemmon Inn home movie, and 1970s wilderness travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with same-year or same-location mountain travel material, then with rustic lodging or wilderness road-trip scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Soft 8mm view of a rugged mountain ridge above low scrub, identified by metadata as 1971 United States travel footage. — Distant mountain ridge and sparse brush in faded 8mm color.
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Faded 8mm frame of purple-toned mountains behind sparse brush and a bare tree, from the 1971 travel clip metadata. — Mountain slope seen past desert brush and a bare tree.
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Rustic Mt Lemmon Inn exterior with yellow lettering, stone chimney, balcony rails, and surrounding trees in 1971 8mm footage. — Wooden Mt Lemmon Inn facade with chimney and yellow sign lettering.
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Closer 8mm view of the Mt Lemmon Inn exterior, showing yellow roofline lettering and a food, bar, and dancing sign. — Mt Lemmon Inn sign and roadside food, bar, and dancing board.
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