Arizona-1972: Camera Captures The Water Shooting Up Into The Air From The Fountain

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Camera Captures The Water Shooting Up Into The Air From... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage footage captures a desert landscape in Arizona, featuring a large lake or reservoir surrounded by arid terrain and distant mountains under a bright blue sky. The scene transitions to a prominent fountain shooting water high into the air, with palm trees and low buildings in the foreground. Classic American roadside architecture and period vehicles are visible, conveying a nostalgic mid-20th century atmosphere. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a distinct 1970s aesthetic, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, retro projects, or historical content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125775705

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Arizona, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1972 Arizona 8mm footage suited to documentary inserts needing desert roadside atmosphere, reservoir views, or a fountain cutaway from a home-movie source.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1970s roadside landscaping, low buildings, period vehicles, palm plantings, and a large fountain set against arid mountains.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the scene from a visitor vantage point, first holding on the lake and road before cutting closer to the fountain display.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a lake or reservoir, distant mountains, desert ground, roadside pavement, small vehicles, palm trees, low buildings, signs, and a tall fountain plume.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, scenic transition, roadside travel cutaway, or memory beat for Arizona vacation material.
Historical context: The clip documents leisure-oriented desert roadside scenery in Arizona, with water features and landscaping contrasting with the surrounding arid terrain.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but property, location identity, and underlying film copyright should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1972 Arizona 8mm fountain, vintage desert reservoir footage, Super 8 roadside fountain, and home movie lake mountains Arizona.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Arizona travel footage, then desert water features, roadside stops, lakes, and mountain landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Arizona 8mm frame showing a lake or reservoir beyond a roadside area, with scattered trees, parked vehicles, and low mountains in the distance. — Roadside view across a desert lake toward distant mountains.

1972 Arizona home-movie frame looking across a roadside foreground to a broad lake, sparse trees, small vehicles, and a mountain horizon. — Wide lake and mountain view from a roadside overlook.

1972 Arizona 8mm frame of a tall fountain plume rising from a roadside water feature, with palm trees, signs, low buildings, and mountains behind it. — Tall fountain plume rises against a desert mountain backdrop.

1972 Arizona home-movie frame showing a fountain shooting water upward beside palms and roadside structures, with mountains visible beyond. — Fountain display beside palms and low roadside structures.

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