Izmir Turkey-1962: A View Of People Walking On A Road In The Desert

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationIzmir, Turkey
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 Izmir Turkey

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A View Of People Walking On A Road In The Desert — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a view from a moving vehicle traveling along a paved road in Izmir, Turkey. Two men in light-colored shirts and trousers walk away from the camera down the center of the road, while other figures and a horse-drawn cart appear in the distance. The scene unfolds under an overcast sky, with tall poplar trees lining the left side and modest buildings visible on the right. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and vertical film scratches, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century Turkish life and transportation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127004470

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1962 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: Izmir, Turkey 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

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 1960s documentary edits needing Turkish road travel, rural-edge street life, or moving-vehicle home-movie atmosphere.
Period detail: The light shirts, sparse roadside buildings, horse-drawn cart, poplar-lined road, and muted 8mm color may show everyday travel conditions near Izmir in 1962.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a moving vehicle as pedestrians and a cart share the roadway, giving the scene an unstaged travelogue quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a paved road, two men walking away, distant pedestrians, a horse-drawn cart, tall poplar trees, utility poles, low buildings, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm grain, faded color, vertical scratches, gate edges, and slight motion softness that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short road-travel insert, geographic transition, or memory beat between broader sequences about Turkey or mid-century mobility.
Historical context: The scene shows pedestrians and animal-drawn transport using the same paved road as the camera vehicle, suggesting everyday movement outside a dense urban center.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no visible logos are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1962 Izmir home movie road footage, 8mm Turkey travel footage, pedestrians on rural road, and horse-drawn cart street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Izmir footage, then broader Turkish road travel or mid-century transportation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Izmir home-movie frame from a moving vehicle, showing two men walking away on a paved road with poplars and roadside buildings. — Two men walk down a paved road as the camera approaches from behind.

1962 Izmir road view with two men walking away at right, distant pedestrians or riders ahead, trees, utility poles, and low roadside structures. — Pedestrians continue along the roadside with distant traffic ahead.

1962 Izmir home-movie road view, with a small horse-drawn cart ahead, sparse buildings to the right, trees to the left, and visible film wear. — A small cart travels ahead on the open road.

1962 Izmir road scene from a moving vehicle, with distant figures or cart traffic ahead, poplar trees, utility poles, and modest buildings under a cloudy sky. — Distant road users move along the roadway near low buildings.

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