Scottsdale Arizona-1968: Palm Trees And Golf Course With Mountains In Background

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

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Palm Trees And Golf Course With Mountains In Background — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1968, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a desert resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. The clip opens on a hazy sky before panning down to reveal a lush green golf course bordered by palm trees and a calm water feature. In the background, rugged mountains rise under a bright blue sky, with a low-slung building featuring a shingled roof nestled among the landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American vacation atmosphere.

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: 125294470

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 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 editorial projects needing a brief desert resort or golf-course establishing shot from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The low roofline, clipped landscaping, palms, and resort-style golf course may show mid-century leisure architecture in Scottsdale.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on mountains, palms, water, and manicured grounds rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include desert mountains, blue sky, palm trees, a shingled low building, green fairway, water, walkway, and bench or rail.
Film character: The 8mm image shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, saturated greens, and handheld framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, vacation-memory cutaway, resort transition, or visual bridge for desert leisure themes.
Historical context: The footage visually places golf and resort landscaping within a Southwestern desert setting without identifying the exact property or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the visible resort-like grounds and building should still be reviewed for property-use context.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1968 Scottsdale 8mm golf course, Arizona resort home movie, desert palms and mountains, or vintage vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby reel shots, then other 1968 Scottsdale or Arizona footage, then broader desert resort, golf, and mid-century travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1968 Scottsdale home-movie frame showing hazy sky and desert mountains before the golf-course view appears. — Hazy mountain ridge under a bright sky at the start of the shot.

1968 Scottsdale view of a palm-lined golf course with a low shingled building, water feature, and desert mountains beyond. — Palm trees and a low resort-style building border the golf course with mountains behind.

1968 Scottsdale golf-course view with bright grass, water in the foreground, palms, a walkway, and a low resort building. — The camera settles on manicured grass, water, palms, and a low building along the course.

1968 Scottsdale frame showing a golf-course water edge, clipped lawn, palms, shrubs, and a low building in bright desert sun. — Water and manicured turf fill the foreground with palms and resort landscaping beyond.

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