Messada Israel-1976: Ancient Ruins And Stone Walls At The Site Of Messada

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

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Ancient Ruins And Stone Walls At The Site Of Messada — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie captures the ancient ruins of Messada, Israel. The grainy, sun-bleached footage shows weathered stone walls and sandy terrain under a pale sky. A sign in Hebrew and English marks the site as the "Stones of Messada," with the camera panning across the arid landscape. The footage has a nostalgic, archival quality, offering a glimpse into a historic archaeological site from the mid-1970s.

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: 127398685

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1976 8mm visitor-shot footage of Messada ruins suits documentary inserts needing a brief archaeological-site view from a 1970s travel perspective.
Period detail: The clip shows sunlit stone walls, sparse site signage, sandy ground and pale sky, with the 8mm home-movie look supporting the stated 1976 travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the landmark as a visitor might, lingering on signs, rough masonry and open desert terrain rather than staging any action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include ancient-looking stone walls, eroded rock, sandy paths, dark site signs, pale sky and distant arid landscape.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure fade and handheld framing that read as original physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, establishing insert or transition beat for travel, archaeology, Israel or 1970s home-movie sequences.
Historical context: The frames document a visitor-level view of Messada’s ruins and interpretive signage without showing people, ceremonies or modern crowd activity.
Research note: No people are visible, but signage and site identification should be reviewed separately from copyright, location access and property-release questions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 8mm Messada ruins, Israel home movie archaeological site, Masada stone walls and vintage desert travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other Messada or Israel 1976 footage, then broader archaeological ruins, desert travel and 1970s home-movie material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm view of weathered stone walls and arid terrain at Messada, Israel, with a distant horizon under a pale sky. — Weathered stone walls and sandy ground at the Messada site.

Messada, Israel ruins seen on 8mm film, with a dark bilingual-looking site sign standing before eroded stonework and desert ground. — A dark site sign stands among the stone ruins and rocky ground.

Soft 8mm frame of Messada ruins, showing low stone walls, pale eroded rock and sandy ground with part of a sign at the left edge. — Low stone walls and pale rock surfaces fill the ruin area.

Visitor-shot 8mm view at Messada with a directional sign, rough stone walls, sandy terrain and a pale block marker in the foreground. — A directional sign points across stone walls and sandy terrain.

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