New Mexico-1972: Man Wearing Hat Questioningly Looking Around With Flashlight

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationNew, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 New Mexico

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Man Wearing Hat Questioningly Looking Around With Flashlight — Clip Details

A man in a dark uniform and wide-brimmed hat stands in a dimly lit cave, holding a flashlight that casts a warm, reddish glow on the rough stone walls. Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a ranger or guide exploring the cavern, his expression focused as he examines the rock formations. The grainy, color-shifted footage evokes a sense of mystery and discovery, with the flashlight beam creating dramatic shadows and highlighting the cave's natural textures. This archival clip offers authentic 1970s Americana for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125777187

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s New Mexico 8mm footage for productions needing an archival cave or cavern guide cutaway with a uniformed adult using a flashlight.
Period detail: The wide-brimmed uniform hat, dark buttoned jacket, flashlight and color-shifted 8mm stock may show an early 1970s park, cave tour or ranger-guide context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has visitor-shot immediacy as the man pauses inside the cave, looks around and raises a flashlight toward nearby rock walls.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a uniformed man, wide-brimmed hat, flashlight beam, rough cave walls, reddish low light, dark frame edges and soft handheld framing.
Film character: The footage shows pronounced 8mm grain, magenta color shift, uneven exposure and soft focus that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an investigative insert, cave-tour cutaway, transition into underground scenes or brief 1970s discovery beat.
Historical context: The scene visually suggests organized cave exploration or interpretation in New Mexico, without identifying a specific cavern, agency or event.
Research note: A recognizable adult face and uniform-like clothing are visible, so likeness and role identification should be reviewed separately from clip copyright status.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1972 New Mexico 8mm cave footage, ranger with flashlight, vintage cavern tour, uniformed guide in cave and 1970s home movie exploration.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1972 New Mexico cave or travel scenes, then broader vintage flashlight exploration material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame of a uniformed adult in a wide-brimmed hat holding a flashlight in a reddish cave interior. — A uniformed man stands close to textured cave walls with a flashlight raised.

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a uniformed man in a wide-brimmed hat looking toward reddish cave rock while holding a flashlight. — The man turns his head toward the cave wall as the flashlight catches the rock surface.

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame of a hat-wearing uniformed adult looking upward inside a cave as a flashlight lights the rock. — The figure looks up while the flashlight beam brightens a section of cave wall.

The man stands in partial profile beside the cave wall, framed by reddish low light.

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