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Arizona-1959: Road Trip Through Desert With Red Rock Formations And Highway Signs

  • Year1959
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationArizona, United States
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
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Road Trip Through Desert With Red Rock Formations And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1959, this vintage home movie captures a classic American road trip through Arizona's desert landscape. The footage shows a moving vehicle's perspective along a highway, with large, layered red sandstone formations and mesas dominating the arid terrain under a clear blue sky. A distant highway sign indicates distances to Sanders and Flagstaff. The film exhibits natural grain, slight motion blur, and the characteristic color palette of 1950s home movies, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
5s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
125507172

Rights & Clearance

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

  • People visible: No
  • Logos / trademarks: Yes
  • 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
1959 Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location
Arizona, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence
Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
This clip supports archival requests for late-1950s American road travel, especially documentary inserts about Arizona highways, desert driving, and mid-century home-movie views of the Southwest.
Period detail
The 1959 8mm source date is supported by metadata, while the visible highway signage, roadside utility poles, and color home-movie stock are consistent with a mid-century road-trip record.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 8mm Arizona road-trip frame showing a red sandstone formation beyond a roadside shoulder, with desert scrub, a utility pole, and blue sky visible from a moving vehicle.
Red rock formation along the roadside.
Large red rock formation with a roadside sign in the foreground.

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