LA Paz Mexico-1974: View Of White Airplane In Flight Over Mountains

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationLa Paz, Mexico
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

View Of White Airplane In Flight Over Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1974, this vintage home movie captures a white single-engine airplane in flight over rugged mountain terrain. The aircraft, marked with the registration XA-TAS, flies alongside another plane, with the wing of the filming aircraft visible in the frame. The footage features a distinct purple-tinted sky and grainy film texture, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. The camera pans across the arid landscape, offering a nostalgic aerial view of the Mexican highlands.

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: 125783732

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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s aerial travel or aviation sequences needing real 8mm footage of a small aircraft flying over rugged Mexican mountain terrain.
Period detail: The 1974 metadata, 8mm color stock, small propeller aircraft, and visible registration XA-TAS support a mid-1970s private aviation context near La Paz, Mexico.
Home-movie behavior: The filming aircraft's wing and shifting framing give the scene an unstaged passenger viewpoint during a flight alongside another small plane.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white single-engine airplane, aircraft registration XA-TAS, filming-plane wing, dry mountain ridges, hazy horizon, purple-tinted sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a home-movie 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, purple color shift, and handheld framing from inside or beside another aircraft.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an aerial insert, travel transition, aviation cutaway, or brief memory beat within a 1970s Mexico journey sequence.
Historical context: The footage places small-aircraft flight against arid mountain terrain, offering visual context for regional air travel without confirming an exact route or landmark.
Research note: No people are visible, but the aircraft registration marking is identifiable, so production review should consider copyright status separately from aircraft and location identification issues.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1974 La Paz Mexico 8mm airplane footage, vintage small aircraft over mountains, home movie aerial flight Mexico, and XA-TAS aircraft shot.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1974 La Paz or Baja California footage, then broader 1970s aviation and aerial travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 8mm frame near La Paz, Mexico showing a white single-engine airplane marked XA-TAS flying over rugged terrain. — A white aircraft marked XA-TAS flies alongside the filming plane above mountain ridges.

1974 8mm aerial view near La Paz, Mexico with the filming aircraft wing over dry mountain ridges and purple sky. — The filming aircraft's wing crosses the frame above arid mountain terrain.

Aerial 8mm frame from 1974 near La Paz, Mexico showing the plane wing over rugged brown mountains. — The camera looks past the aircraft wing toward ridged, dry mountains below.

1974 8mm aerial view near La Paz, Mexico with a white aircraft wing filling the foreground over mountain terrain. — A white aircraft wing fills the foreground as the mountains recede into haze.

Visually Similar Clips