Messada Israel-1976: View Of Brown Mountains And Blue Sky On A Clear Day

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

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View Of Brown Mountains And Blue Sky On A Clear Day — Clip Details

MESSADA ISRAEL-1976: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a journey through the rugged landscape of Messada, Israel. The clip opens with a title card reading 'THE MESSADA' before transitioning to a moving view from a vehicle, showing a dusty road winding through arid, brown mountains under a clear blue sky. The footage, shot on 8mm film, features noticeable grain and a cool blue color cast, characteristic of older home movies. A cable car is visible ascending the steep mountain slope, offering a glimpse of the area's unique transportation. This authentic archival footage evokes a sense of 1970s travel and exploration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127398657

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: Messada, 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm travel footage for documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot views of Messada, arid mountain roads, and desert landscape in Israel.
Period detail: The title card, cool color cast, handheld framing, and vehicle viewpoint support a 1976 home-movie travel record, while visible details remain mainly landscape and road infrastructure.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a tourist filming from a moving vehicle, recording arrival, road movement, and the surrounding mountain terrain rather than a formal scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a title card, blue sky, brown rocky mountains, dusty road, roadside structures, a vehicle-view angle, and a cable-car or lift line on the slope.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, uneven exposure, and a cool blue cast that give the clip a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel transition, landscape cutaway, or memory beat within a 1970s Israel journey sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor perspective on an arid mountain site in Israel, emphasizing access roads, rugged terrain, and sightseeing infrastructure rather than public events.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location permissions, and any visible site or property considerations should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm Messada Israel travel footage, Masada desert road home movie, blue-sky mountain landscape, and vintage Israel sightseeing clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1976 Messada or Israel travel footage, and then with broader 1970s desert tourism and road-journey material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm home-movie title card for Messada, with white letters on a brown background and soft film focus. — Opening title card identifies the Messada sequence.

Vehicle-view frame in Messada, Israel, showing a road, roadside structures, rocky mountains, and clear blue sky. — A road approaches the mountainous desert site from a moving-vehicle viewpoint.

Messada travel footage shows a cable-car or lift line against a steep brown slope and clear blue sky. — A lift or cable-car line appears on the mountain slope.

Arid Messada landscape with rocky ground, low stone edges, mountain slope, and the cool blue cast of the 8mm scan. — Rocky ground and desert slope close the brief landscape sequence.

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