Messada Israel-1976: The Place Dead Sea Scrolls Were Found

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

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The Place Dead Sea Scrolls Were Found — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1976 in Messada, Israel, showing a title card with bold white lettering on a brown background. The text reads 'THE PLACE - DEAD SEA - SCROLLS WERE FOUND.' The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight flicker, and warm amber tones typical of 1970s home recordings. This archival clip captures a moment of historical significance, referencing the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Ideal for documentaries, educational content, or nostalgic projects about biblical archaeology and Israeli history.

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: 127398706

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

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: Useful for 1970s archive requests needing a travel-film title card or educational insert about Dead Sea Scrolls tourism in Israel.
Period detail: The bold white block lettering, warm amber stock, and simple photographed title card fit a 1970s home-movie travel reel.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot labeling moment, likely used by the filmmaker to identify the subject before related travel footage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown title card, white raised lettering, black frame borders, repeated contact-sheet frames, film grain, and slight exposure variation.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color, soft focus, visible grain, mild flicker, and small dust marks consistent with home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, chapter marker, transition, or contextual cutaway within a documentary sequence.
Historical context: The frames show a filmed title card referencing the Dead Sea Scrolls, but they do not visually document an archaeological site or discovery location.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still review copyright, title-card wording, and contextual claims separately.
Research search match: Searches may include 1976 Israel 8mm title card, Dead Sea Scrolls home movie, Masada travel film, and biblical archaeology archival footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Messada or Israel 1976 clips, then broader Dead Sea Scrolls or biblical archaeology travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 Israel home-movie title card with white lettering reading that the Dead Sea Scrolls were found at the place being introduced. — Title card introduces a place associated in the reel with the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Warm-toned 8mm frame showing the same title card text about the Dead Sea Scrolls in soft focus. — The title card remains on screen with slight film flicker and grain.

1970s 8mm title card from the Messada, Israel reel, with cropped white text referring to the Dead Sea Scrolls. — A cropped title card provides written context for the travel footage.

Final sampled frame of the 8mm title card, showing bold white text about the Dead Sea Scrolls against a brown card. — The card holds steady as a short written identifier within the reel.

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