Arizona-1972: A Terrible Landslide In Arizona

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationArizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Terrible Landslide In Arizona — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic landslide in Arizona. The footage shows a steep, reddish-brown earth embankment with exposed tree roots and scattered rocks, likely caused by erosion or storm damage. Sunlight casts long shadows across the slope, highlighting the texture of the soil and the surrounding green shrubs. The view appears to be from a moving vehicle, with the frame bordered by dark edges suggesting a window or lens viewfinder. This archival clip offers a raw, unfiltered glimpse of natural disaster and landscape change from the early 1970s.

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: 125776322

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary edits needing brief Arizona landscape, erosion, storm-damage, or roadside landslide footage from an amateur 8mm source.
Period detail: The frames may show early-1970s home-movie color exposure and framing, with no visible vehicles, signage, clothing, or built landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged passing-view perspective, as if filmed quickly from a vehicle or roadside stop while observing a damaged earthen slope.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reddish soil embankment, exposed roots, scattered rocks, green shrubs, bright sun patches, deep shadows, and dark frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color shift, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short insert, transition, or cutaway for erosion, landslide aftermath, Southwestern travel, or environmental change sequences.
Historical context: The footage documents a disturbed desert or roadside slope in Arizona, offering visual context for erosion and landscape instability without identifying a specific incident.
Research note: No people, logos, or private structures are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or land-access sensitivities before publication.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 Arizona 8mm landslide footage, vintage home movie erosion, red soil embankment, storm damage aftermath, and roadside landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Arizona travel or landscape footage, then broader erosion, storm damage, and landslide material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 Arizona 8mm frame showing a reddish eroded slope with green shrubs, scattered stones, and strong sunlight. — Sunlit red earth bank with vegetation and scattered rocks.

1972 Arizona home-movie frame of a reddish landslide scar with brush above, stones in the soil, and a dark vertical border. — Eroded embankment with brush, rocks, and sunlit red soil.

1972 Arizona 8mm frame showing the same eroded red slope, with shrubs at the edge and shadows crossing the exposed soil. — Shadowed red slope with shrubs and exposed root line.

1972 Arizona frame with a closer view of the eroded embankment, exposed hanging roots, brush, and sunlit reddish soil. — Closer view of exposed roots and red soil on the damaged bank.

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