LA Paz Mexico-1974: Small Propeller Plane Flying Over Arid Landscape

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationLa Paz, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Small Propeller Plane Flying Over Arid Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a small white and black propeller plane in flight over a vast, arid landscape. The aircraft, marked with the registration XA-TA, flies steadily against a hazy purple-blue sky, with distant mountains visible below. The footage, likely captured from another plane, shows the plane banking slightly as it moves across the frame, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-1970s aviation in Mexico. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, enhancing its authentic archival quality.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Aerial
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: 125783722

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

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 1004 · Super 8 · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1974
Reel-level location note: Cabo San Lucas Mexico,La Paz Mexico
Date: 1974 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: La Paz, Mexico Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s aviation, Mexico travel, or small-aircraft transportation sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie aerial material.
Period detail: The small propeller aircraft, visible registration markings, 8mm color rendering, and arid terrain support a mid-1970s La Paz aviation context from the supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the observational feel of a passenger or traveler filming another aircraft from an adjacent plane rather than a staged aviation shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white and dark-striped propeller plane, partial wing edge, hazy sky, distant mountains, arid ground, registration letters, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip shows 8mm grain, purple-blue color shift, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges that reinforce its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an aviation cutaway, travel transition, airborne insert, or brief memory beat within a 1970s Mexico or small-plane sequence.
Historical context: The images show small-aircraft travel over dry terrain near La Paz, offering visual context for regional movement without making claims about the flight purpose.
Research note: Aircraft registration and markings are visible, so copyright, aviation identification, and trademark-like markings should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1974 8mm Mexico aviation footage, small propeller plane in flight, La Paz aerial travel, and vintage home movie aircraft footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1974 La Paz material, then broader Mexico travel, airport, runway, and small-aircraft footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 La Paz home-movie frame showing a small white propeller plane with dark stripe above a hazy, dry landscape. — Small propeller aircraft seen in flight over arid terrain.

Small aircraft marked with visible lettering flies steadily over the La Paz area in this 1974 8mm frame. — Aircraft with visible markings crossing a hazy aerial landscape.

White-and-dark propeller plane filmed from another aircraft, with arid land and distant mountains visible below. — Plane moving across frame with mountainous dry terrain beneath.

1974 8mm frame from La Paz showing a small propeller plane near the filming aircraft's wing over hazy arid ground. — Small plane seen beside the filming aircraft's wing in flight.

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