Jericho Israel-1976: People Observing Archaeological Excavation

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

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People Observing Archaeological Excavation — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures a group of people observing an archaeological excavation at Jericho, Israel. Two individuals, one wearing a straw hat and another with a white headscarf, stand at the edge of a deep, stratified trench, gazing into the dig site. The footage shows the layered earth and exposed rock walls of the ancient site, with a low stone wall in the foreground. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film adds to the nostalgic, archival feel, offering a rare glimpse into a historical excavation from the mid-1970s.

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: 127397743

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 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: Jericho, 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 home-movie footage suited for documentary or educational requests involving visitors observing an archaeological excavation in Jericho.
Period detail: The clothing, soft color, and 8mm home-movie texture support a 1976 travel-era view, while the frames visibly show visitors at a stratified dig site.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, watching from the edge of an excavation rather than presenting a formal archaeological record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include visitors, a straw hat, a white headscarf, a stone edge, pale foreground rocks, layered earth walls, and excavation depth.
Film character: The footage carries grain, muted color, slight blur, and handheld framing typical of scanned 8mm travel film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, research insert, or memory beat for travel, archaeology, or ancient-site sequences.
Historical context: The scene shows public observation of an archaeological trench, offering social context around mid-1970s site visitation without proving a specific dig phase.
Research note: People are visible from behind or at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed in addition to separate copyright and location considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 8mm Jericho excavation visitors, vintage home movie archaeological dig, and tourists at ancient site trench.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1976 Jericho footage, then broader 1970s archaeology, excavation, and Middle East travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm view of visitors overlooking a stratified excavation trench in Jericho, with a straw hat and white headscarf visible. — Visitors look down into a layered excavation trench at Jericho.

Visitors at Jericho in 1976 face a deep archaeological trench with layered earth and exposed stones. — Two visitors stand along the stone edge of an excavation site.

A 1976 home-movie frame shows a visitor near pale stones overlooking the Jericho excavation wall. — A visitor stands near pale stones above the exposed dig wall.

Final 1976 Jericho frame showing the rocky excavation face, pale foreground stones, and a partially visible visitor at the right edge. — The excavation wall fills the frame as a visitor remains partly visible.

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