New Mexico-1972: Abandoned Fountain and Stone Structures

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

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Abandoned Fountain and Stone Structures — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures an abandoned site in New Mexico. The footage shows a rectangular fountain surrounded by overgrown reeds and dry grasses, with a low beige wall in the background. The scene transitions to a wider view of a desolate landscape dotted with white stone structures and scattered palm trees under a hazy sky. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, melancholic atmosphere, evoking a sense of forgotten history and quiet decay.

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: 125777417

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing a quiet New Mexico exterior, abandoned built landscape, or atmospheric cutaway for documentary and editorial sequences.
Period detail: The footage may show early 1970s visitor-shot views of a beige walled outdoor site with a low rectangular fountain, dry landscaping, and no visible modern signage or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a casual visitor distance, holding on the overgrown fountain area rather than staging action or identifying the site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rectangular water feature, overgrown reeds, dry grass, low beige walls, paved edges, sparse shrubs, and hazy open sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries visible grain, mild color fading, soft focus, and slight exposure variation that fit a home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, transition, or memory beat suggesting abandonment, quiet decay, desert travel, or a paused exterior observation.
Historical context: The scene visually reflects a dry Southwestern built environment where ornamental water and landscaping appear neglected, without proving the site's identity or history.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identity, and any property-related permissions should still be reviewed for intended use.
Research search match: Researchers might search for 1972 8mm New Mexico abandoned site, overgrown fountain home movie, desert landmark exterior, or vintage Southwestern ruins footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel New Mexico material, then with other 1972 regional exteriors, and finally with abandoned-site or desert-landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 New Mexico home-movie frame showing an overgrown rectangular fountain area, beige walls, dry ground, and sparse landscaping. — A low rectangular fountain or basin is bordered by reeds, dry grass, and beige walls.

A vintage New Mexico exterior view holds on a neglected fountain or basin with tall reeds, pale walls, and dry landscaping. — Tall reeds fill part of a low rectangular water feature beside pale stucco-like walls.

1972 8mm frame of the same abandoned-looking New Mexico fountain area, with reeds, dry ground, pale walls, and visible film wear. — The camera remains fixed on the reed-filled basin and surrounding dry exterior landscape.

The closing frame shows the low fountain or basin, tall dry reeds, beige background wall, and sparse Southwestern landscaping. — A neglected rectangular basin sits in front of pale walls with dry grass and scattered shrubs nearby.

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