New Mexico-1972: Desert Landscape and State Park Sign

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

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Desert Landscape and State Park Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping desert landscape in New Mexico. The footage shows a dry, brush-covered hillside under a pale sky, with a bird briefly flying across the frame. The sequence concludes with a clear view of a sign identifying the location as the New Mexico Zoological Botanical State Park of the Southwest. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 125777402

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1972 New Mexico home-movie footage suited to documentary inserts on desert travel, state park visits, roadside geography, or Southwestern landscape context.
Period detail: The hand-painted park sign and soft 8mm color may show early-1970s visitor documentation of New Mexico's Zoological Botanical State Park of the Southwest.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving from a quiet desert hillside to a location sign as a simple record of arrival or place identification.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brush-covered desert hillsides, pale sky, rocky ground, sparse yucca-like plants, film gate edges, and a painted New Mexico park sign.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, mild color fading, soft focus, and handheld framing that support an authentic home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: Editors can use this as a Southwestern location-establishing insert, a travel transition, a landscape cutaway, or a brief memory beat before park-related material.
Historical context: The frames visually document arid New Mexico terrain and a named public park sign without showing visitors, vehicles, or developed facilities beyond the sign area.
Research note: No people are visible, but the named park sign should be reviewed for location identification, trademark or institutional-use concerns, and copyright status separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1972 New Mexico 8mm desert landscape, vintage state park sign, Southwest home movie, and New Mexico botanical zoological park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel footage, then other 1972 New Mexico or same-park material, then broader Southwestern desert travel and roadside-sign sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a dry, brushy desert hillside beneath a pale sky, bordered by dark film gate edges. — Dry New Mexico desert hillside seen from a visitor-shot 8mm home movie.

1972 New Mexico 8mm view of a scrub-covered desert slope with scattered rocks and pale sky, framed by dark film borders. — Scrub-covered desert slope in a short New Mexico travel sequence.

1972 New Mexico home-movie frame of a dry hillside with low brush, rocky ground, and a yucca-like plant near the lower right edge. — Low desert vegetation and rocky hillside captured in 8mm footage.

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a painted sign for the New Mexico Zoological Botanical State Park of the Southwest. — Painted sign identifying the New Mexico Zoological Botanical State Park of the Southwest.

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