Jerusalem Israel-1976: Kneeling Man Photographs Distant Sheep

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

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Kneeling Man Photographs Distant Sheep — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures a man kneeling in a grassy, rocky field in Jerusalem, Israel, using a camera to photograph distant sheep. The scene unfolds in a sun-drenched rural landscape with scattered olive trees and ancient stone walls, evoking a sense of quiet observation and pastoral life. The footage features natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic vignette of Super 8, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127398324

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: 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: Jerusalem, 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: 1976 Jerusalem home-movie footage suited for edits needing a quiet 1970s travel or rural observation cutaway with a photographer in a stony field.
Period detail: The clip may show 1970s visitor-shot rural surroundings near Jerusalem, with dry-stone walls, olive trees, rocky grass, and handheld 8mm framing as period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a man kneeling to take his own photograph, giving the scene a candid tourist or family-travel observation quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a kneeling man with a camera, grass and scattered stones, dry-stone walls, olive trees, a dirt path, and distant sheep-like shapes.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight color fade, gate vignetting, contact-frame instability, and handheld exposure shifts that support its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, rural travel insert, transition between Jerusalem exteriors, or memory beat about looking and documenting.
Historical context: The scene suggests everyday leisure or travel photography in a pastoral setting, without enough visual evidence to identify a landmark, event, or named site.
Research note: A visible adult may raise likeness considerations, while copyright, location, and property permissions should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 Jerusalem 8mm home movie, man photographing sheep, rural Israel travel footage, and kneeling photographer in rocky field.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Jerusalem travel footage, then other 1976 Israel exteriors, then broader 1970s rural photography or pastoral animal scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Jerusalem 8mm frame showing a rocky grassy field, olive trees, dry-stone walls, and distant sheep-like shapes. — A stony rural field with olive trees and dry-stone walls appears before the photographer enters the frame.

1976 Jerusalem 8mm frame with a dry-stone wall, olive trees, scattered rocks, and possible distant sheep in a rural field. — The camera holds on stone walls, trees, and a rocky patch of grass with possible sheep in the distance.

1976 Jerusalem home-movie frame showing an adult man kneeling in a rocky grassy field while using a camera. — An adult man kneels on the grass and raises a camera toward the surrounding rural scene.

1976 Jerusalem 8mm frame of an adult man kneeling with a camera in a rocky field bordered by low stone walls. — The kneeling photographer remains framed against grass, stones, a path, and low stone walls.

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