New Mexico-1972: Dry Landscape With Fountain And Desert Plants

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

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Dry Landscape With Fountain And Desert Plants — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a dry, sun-baked landscape in New Mexico. The scene features a gravel-covered yard with sparse desert vegetation, including yucca plants and prickly pear cactus. A weathered wooden sculpture stands in the foreground, while a modern concrete fountain with flowing water provides a striking contrast. The footage shows a quiet, arid environment with a distant view of a highway and low buildings under a pale sky, evoking a sense of mid-century American Southwest life.

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: 125777500

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: 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: Useful for 1970s American Southwest cutaways showing dry residential or roadside landscape design, desert planting, and a small modern fountain.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, gravel yard, yucca-like plants, cactus, low walls, and concrete fountain may show early 1970s Southwestern landscaping and leisure-space design.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a quiet visitor-shot quality, observing a dry outdoor setting and fountain without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include gravel ground, sparse desert plants, cactus pads, yucca forms, a weathered sculptural trunk, low buildings, distant road area, and a concrete water fountain.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, warm faded color, slight exposure variation, and steady home-movie framing that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, regional transition, environmental cutaway, or memory beat for dry New Mexico surroundings.
Historical context: The scene records arid-landscape aesthetics and outdoor water features in a New Mexico setting without making claims about a named site or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, site identification, and any property-related permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 8mm New Mexico desert landscaping, Southwest home movie fountain, dry yard cactus cutaway, and vintage arid landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other New Mexico 1972 exterior shots, then broader 1970s Southwest desert landscape or water-feature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a dry gravel landscape with cactus, yucca-like plants, a weathered sculptural trunk, and low structures beyond. — Dry gravel yard with desert plants and a weathered sculptural form in the foreground.

1972 New Mexico home-movie frame of a sunlit gravel landscape with cactus, yucca-like plants, low walls, and distant roadside structures. — Sun-baked desert landscaping with cactus pads, yucca forms, and low structures beyond.

1972 New Mexico 8mm view of dry ornamental landscaping, with gravel, cactus, yucca-like plants, and a weathered wooden sculptural form. — Sparse desert planting and a weathered sculptural trunk in a gravel landscape.

1972 New Mexico 8mm frame showing a modern concrete fountain with flowing water, low walls, distant landscape, and a leafless tree. — Modern concrete fountain with water flowing into a lower basin in an arid outdoor setting.

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