New Mexico-1972: Water Fountain and Golden Sunset

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

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Water Fountain and Golden Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil New Mexico landscape. The sequence begins with a modernist water fountain, its cascading water glistening in the warm light, before transitioning to a sweeping view of a golden sunset over distant hills. The footage, framed by a window or vehicle edge, shows a slow-moving perspective, suggesting travel. The sky glows with rich oranges and yellows, casting silhouettes across the flat terrain. Film grain and subtle scratches enhance the authentic, nostalgic feel of this archival Super 8 clip.

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: 125777527

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 Southwestern travel, landscape, or memory sequences needing a brief 8mm cutaway from a water feature to a golden New Mexico sunset.
Period detail: The modernist fountain, warm color film, and vehicle- or window-framed horizon may show early 1970s leisure travel in New Mexico.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged traveler viewpoint, pausing on a fountain and then watching the evening landscape pass or settle beyond a window edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cascading fountain water, geometric masonry, amber sky, low hills, dark foreground terrain, vertical window edges, and film scratches.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, warm exposure shifts, visible grain, gate edges, and light scratches that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a reflective insert, travel transition, sunset cutaway, or quiet memory beat between broader New Mexico or road-trip scenes.
Historical context: The footage visually suggests roadside or visitor-shot landscape viewing, with a designed fountain followed by open terrain under a late-day sky.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable marks are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any property context should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Searches for 1972 New Mexico 8mm sunset, vintage home movie fountain, Southwestern travel landscape, or Super 8 golden horizon may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 New Mexico material, then broader 1970s travel, fountains, sunsets, or desert-horizon themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 8mm New Mexico frame showing a geometric outdoor fountain with cascading water and warm light on masonry surfaces. — Water spills from a modernist fountain structure in warm daylight.

Golden New Mexico sunset over a low horizon, seen through dark window or vehicle framing on 8mm film. — A warm sunset glows above distant hills and dark foreground terrain.

1972 8mm view of a New Mexico horizon at sunset, with amber sky, silhouetted land, and visible film scratches. — The sunset view continues across low hills with dark foreground framing.

New Mexico sunset on 8mm film with a pale golden sky, distant low hills, dark terrain, and vertical window framing. — The final frame holds on a glowing horizon and silhouetted landscape.

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