Scottsdale Arizona-1968: Resort Pool with Guests and Desert Mountains

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

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Resort Pool with Guests and Desert Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this clip captures a slow pan across a mid-century resort pool in Scottsdale, Arizona. Palm trees frame the view as guests relax on yellow lounge chairs beside the turquoise water. A low-slung motel building with green trim sits against a backdrop of rugged desert mountains under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits natural film grain and vibrant, slightly faded colors characteristic of vintage home movies from the era.

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: 125294134

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 documentary or editorial requests needing visitor-shot resort leisure footage in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Period detail: The low motel-style building, yellow pool loungers, palms, and saturated 8mm color support a late-1960s resort-vacation reading.
Home-movie behavior: The slow pan feels like a vacationer recording the pool, landscaping, and mountain backdrop rather than staging activity for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a turquoise pool, yellow lounge chairs, palm trunks, trimmed shrubs, a low resort building, distant guests, and rocky desert mountains.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, mild exposure variation, and handheld pan movement that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, leisure cutaway, travel transition, or memory beat for a Southwest resort sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century desert resort landscaping and casual poolside recreation in Scottsdale without identifying a specific property.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from property or privacy review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1968 8mm Scottsdale resort pool, 1960s Arizona vacation footage, palm trees by pool, and desert mountain hotel views.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then with other 1968 Scottsdale or Arizona travel clips, then with broader 1960s resort and poolside vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Scottsdale resort pool scene with palm trunks in front, yellow loungers near turquoise water, and rocky desert mountains beyond. — Palm-framed resort pool with yellow loungers and desert mountains in the background.

1968 Scottsdale poolside view showing a palm trunk, low resort rooms, yellow chairs, distant guests, and desert mountains. — Poolside resort view with a palm trunk centered against the mountain backdrop.

1968 Scottsdale resort pool patio with palms, yellow loungers, trimmed greenery, low rooms, and rugged mountains behind. — Yellow lounge chairs line the pool patio beneath palms and desert mountains.

1968 Scottsdale resort pool view with clustered palms, yellow loungers, a low building, and sunlit desert mountains in back. — Clustered palms and poolside loungers frame the low resort building and mountain view.

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