Bethlehem Israel-1976: Ancient Stone Well Overgrown With Moss And Grass

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationBethlehem, Israel
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Israel

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Ancient Stone Well Overgrown With Moss And Grass — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures an ancient stone well in Bethlehem, Israel. The weathered structure, built from rough-hewn limestone blocks, is overgrown with moss and grass, surrounded by trees and greenery. The footage, framed by the classic 8mm film border, shows a quiet, timeless scene with natural light filtering through the foliage. The grainy texture and color palette evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, ideal for documentary, editorial, or historical content.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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127396276

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 1239 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: holy land trip,march,jerusalem,bethleham
Reel-level year note: 1976
Reel-level location note: israel,zurich,switzerland
Date: 1976 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: Bethlehem, Israel 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: 1970s 8mm Bethlehem travel footage suited to documentary inserts needing a quiet view of old stonework, greenery, and an overgrown well-like structure.
Period detail: The 1976 home-movie date and 8mm border support a 1970s travel-film context, while the visible stone walls, tree trunks, and vegetation do not identify a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot pause on a static site detail, valuing texture, setting, and atmosphere rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rough limestone walls, a rectangular stone basin or well, tree trunks, grass, moss, low greenery, and dark 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted color, and slight handheld framing give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a cutaway, place-setting insert, reflective transition, or memory beat within a Bethlehem, travel, archaeology, or heritage sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for older stone construction and vegetation in Bethlehem without confirming the age, function, or ownership of the structure.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and any site-specific property permissions should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1976 8mm Bethlehem stone well, vintage Israel travel footage, overgrown limestone structure, and archival home movie stone ruins.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other Bethlehem or Israel footage from 1976, then broader 1970s travel views of stone ruins and historic sites.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm Bethlehem footage showing a weathered stone basin or well near limestone walls, tree trunks, and low greenery. — A weathered stone basin sits among walls, trees, and grass in Bethlehem.

1976 8mm view of an overgrown stone basin or well in Bethlehem, framed by tree trunks and rough limestone walls. — The stone basin remains centered as trees and old masonry frame the view.

Bethlehem 1976 home-movie frame showing a rough stone basin or well beside a tree and stacked stone wall. — A visitor-shot view holds on the old stonework and surrounding vegetation.

Angled 1976 8mm Bethlehem frame looking down at overgrown stone edging, grass, moss, and rough wall stones. — The final frame shifts closer to the overgrown stone edge and ground vegetation.

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