Arizona-1972: Perfect Volcano And Rocky Mountains

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Perfect Volcano And Rocky Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures sweeping views of Arizona's rugged landscape. The clip opens with a wide vista of layered mountain ranges under a hazy sky, featuring a prominent conical volcano in the mid-ground surrounded by desert plains and scattered green trees. The scene transitions to a closer, sunlit view of jagged, rocky peaks with textured stone formations and sparse vegetation. The footage exhibits natural film grain, subtle color shifts, and a nostalgic quality characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the early 1970s. Ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 125776248

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or educational sequences needing Arizona desert mountain scenery from original 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show 1972 8mm color footage, with era cues mainly in the film stock look rather than visible vehicles, clothing, signage or built structures.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a traveler pausing to record scenic overlooks, with steady framing across distant volcanic-looking forms and closer rocky peaks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered mountain ranges, a conical dark hill, desert plain, foreground trees, jagged rock outcrops, pale sky and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm grain, mild haze, slight color fading and contact-sheet edge borders that give the landscape an archival home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a scenic establishing insert, a desert travel transition, or a quiet memory beat between Arizona location scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor-level view of Arizona's arid mountain terrain, emphasizing natural landforms rather than people, towns or road activity.
Research note: No people, logos or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location-specific property concerns for their use.
Research search match: Searches such as 1972 Arizona 8mm mountain footage, vintage desert volcano home movie, and rocky Arizona peaks archival footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then with other 1972 Arizona landscapes, and then with broader vintage desert, mountain and road-trip scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm frame of an Arizona desert vista with a dark conical hill, layered ranges, scrubby foreground trees and hazy sky. — Wide desert overlook with a conical hill, distant mountain layers and green foreground vegetation.

1972 8mm view across Arizona desert terrain toward a conical hill backed by hazy layered mountain ranges. — Distant mountain basin with a prominent conical hill and sparse trees in the foreground.

1972 8mm frame showing jagged Arizona rock formations rising above scrub-covered slopes beneath a pale blue sky. — Closer view of rugged rock formations and sparse vegetation on an Arizona slope.

1972 8mm view of Arizona rocky peaks, textured stone faces and low desert vegetation in bright daylight. — Rocky desert peaks fill the frame, with textured stone and scattered scrub on the hillside.

Visually Similar Clips