North Dakota-1972: Transmission Tower Rising Above Rural Landscape

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationNorth Dakota, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 North Dakota

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Transmission Tower Rising Above Rural Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures a towering red-and-white radio transmission mast rising above a rural landscape in North Dakota. The camera slowly zooms in on the structure against a moody, overcast sky, with green trees framing the left side of the frame. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic mid-20th century Americana feel. This archival clip offers authentic period footage of midwestern infrastructure, ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 125777731

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: North Dakota, United States 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 documentary or educational requests needing rural North Dakota communications infrastructure seen in authentic 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The red-and-white mast, open tree line, and muted film color may show a 1972 rural communications landscape, supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The slow zoom and off-center framing suggest a casual home-movie observer recording a notable structure from a distance rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall striped transmission mast, overcast sky, green trees, low horizon, distant pale structures, film gate borders, and soft 8mm grain.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm texture through visible grain, slight softness, color shift, minor dust marks, and steady but informal camera movement.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, infrastructure insert, or quiet memory beat within a rural Midwest or communications sequence.
Historical context: The view places a broadcast or radio-style mast within an open rural landscape, offering visual context for communications infrastructure outside dense urban settings.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable marks are visible, but users should still assess copyright, location identification, and any property concerns for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1972 North Dakota 8mm transmission tower footage, rural radio mast home movie, and vintage Midwest communications infrastructure.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then North Dakota 1972 material, then broader rural infrastructure, towers, roads, or Midwest landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1972 North Dakota 8mm frame showing a red-and-white transmission mast above green trees and a low rural horizon. — A tall striped mast stands beyond trees beneath a cloudy rural sky.

The camera view holds on the rural North Dakota mast, with trees at left and heavy cloud cover filling the frame. — The mast remains distant as trees and cloud cover frame the rural view.

Closer 8mm view of the striped transmission mast in North Dakota, with most of the frame filled by gray-blue cloud cover. — A closer view isolates the tower against the overcast sky.

Final 1972 8mm frame holds the red-and-white mast near the right edge, with soft cloud forms and film texture visible. — The shot ends with the tower offset against a broad cloudy sky.

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