Scottsdale Arizona-1968: Two Men Sitting By The Pool In 1960s Retro Style

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

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Two Men Sitting By The Pool In 1960s Retro Style — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched poolside scene in Scottsdale, Arizona. Viewed through a palm tree frame, the turquoise pool is surrounded by bright yellow lounge chairs and mid-century modern motel units. Two men in swimwear sit together on a chair, relaxing by the water. The footage features classic 1960s colors and film grain, evoking a nostalgic, retro atmosphere of a warm summer day.

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: 125293882

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

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: Scottsdale, 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 leisure, travel, motel, or Southwest resort sequences needing real 8mm home-movie poolside atmosphere.
Period detail: The yellow lounge chairs, low motel-like units, palm trees, and saturated pool colors may show late-1960s vacation design and casual resort styling.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching two men relax by a pool from behind palm trunks rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a turquoise swimming pool, yellow lounge chairs, palm trees, low stone-and-glass units, sunlit patio, umbrella, and two seated men.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing that support its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition beat for mid-century vacation and poolside leisure stories.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual poolside recreation at a Scottsdale-area lodging or resort setting, with period furnishings visible but no identifiable brand signage.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright status and any property permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 8mm Scottsdale pool, 1960s Arizona resort home movie, vintage motel swimming pool, and mid-century leisure footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Scottsdale or 1968 Arizona material, then broader 1960s pool, motel, resort, and vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Scottsdale poolside home-movie frame with palm trunks, a turquoise pool, yellow lounge chairs, and low resort-style units. — Palm-framed view across a turquoise pool toward yellow lounge chairs and low mid-century buildings.

Wide 1968 Scottsdale pool view with palm trunks in the foreground, yellow lounge chairs, patio furniture, and low units behind. — Wide poolside frame showing lounge chairs and low buildings beyond palm trunks.

Closer 1968 Scottsdale poolside frame showing two men seated near the water, with yellow lounge chairs and low units behind them. — Two men sit together near the pool with yellow lounge chairs lined behind them.

1968 Scottsdale poolside frame with two men seated beside the water, backed by yellow lounge chairs, trees, and low stone-and-glass units. — The seated men remain near the pool edge as the camera frames the lounge chairs and resort units behind them.

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