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New Mexico-1972: Cave Interior with Pink-Tinted Rock Formations

$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
  • LocationNew, Mexico
  • Duration5s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1972 New Mexico

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

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

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Cave Interior with Pink-Tinted Rock Formations — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures the interior of a cave with dramatic pink-tinted rock formations. Stalactites and stalagmites rise from the walls and floor, their textures highlighted by the film's unique color cast. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and slight motion blur, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a natural underground landscape. The warm, saturated pink hue gives the scene an otherworldly, dreamlike quality, characteristic of 1970s home movie aesthetics.

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
125777165

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
New, Mexico 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 RecordRequest source information

Topics & Keywords

  • dark
  • pink
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  • 1970s home movie
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  • retro film
  • archival footage
  • vintage film
  • nature documentary
  • old film
  • 1970s footage
  • cave exploration
  • pink color cast
  • 8mm film grain

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1970s 8mm cave interior footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing an archival natural-formation cutaway from New Mexico.
Period detail
The visible clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie color cast, soft exposure, and handheld framing rather than dated objects or identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior
The clip reflects a visitor-shot view of cave formations, with the camera lingering on texture and shape rather than staging people or action.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include pink-tinted limestone surfaces, hanging stalactites, rising stalagmites, dark cave recesses, rough mineral textures, and film-frame borders.
Film character
The footage has saturated pink color drift, visible grain, soft focus, slight motion blur, and uneven exposure consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a cave-location insert, a natural-history cutaway, a travel-memory beat, or a textured transition within a 1970s archival sequence.
Historical context
The footage may show a tourist or family visit to a New Mexico cave, preserving how underground landscapes were casually filmed on small-gauge color film.
Research note
No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, cave-site permissions, and location identification should be reviewed separately.
Research search match
Useful search matches include 1972 New Mexico cave footage, 8mm stalactites and stalagmites, pink-tinted cave interior, and vintage home movie cave formations.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1972 New Mexico travel footage, then with cave, geology, desert Southwest, or vintage tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm New Mexico cave interior with pink-tinted stalactites, rough rock textures, and dark recesses.
Pink color cast over cave formations and hanging mineral shapes.
1972 8mm cave view from New Mexico showing pink-tinted rock, stalactites, and soft home-movie exposure.
Shadowed cave wall with stalactites and saturated pink film color.
1972 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a close visitor-shot view of pink cave formations and vertical mineral textures.
Closer handheld view of cave textures and vertical mineral forms.
1972 8mm New Mexico cave interior with pink-tinted stalactites, stalagmites, and dark mineral recesses.
Cave formations fill the frame with dark recesses and pink-tinted rock.

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