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

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Year1976
Decade1970s
LocationMessada, Israel
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1976 Israel

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The Place Dead Sea Scrolls Were Found — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this vintage home movie clip from Messada, Israel, opens with a title card stating 'THE PLACE - DEAD SEA - SCROLLS WERE FOUND.' The footage then cuts to a dark frame before revealing a rugged, arid mountain landscape under a pale sky. The grainy, warm-toned image captures the stark desert terrain, evoking a sense of historical discovery and remote exploration. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into a significant archaeological site.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127398709

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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Topics & Keywords

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1970s editorial requests for visitor-shot 8mm footage of an Israel desert stop tied in the title card to the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Period detail: The handmade title card, warm 8mm color, and brief desert view may show a 1976 travel-reel style approach to documenting historic sites.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, using a simple explanatory title card before a quick view of the arid mountain landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a brown title card with white lettering, black leader or underexposed film, a pale sky, and a rugged dry hillside.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, warm fading, slight blur, and uneven exposure that signal original home-movie film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief title-card insert, travel transition, or memory beat before broader desert or archaeological-site coverage.
Historical context: The imagery reflects tourist or family-film documentation of a desert landscape associated by the reel title with the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any site-related property permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1976 8mm Israel travel footage, Messada desert home movie, Dead Sea Scrolls title card, and vintage archaeological tourism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1976 Messada or Israel travel footage, then broader desert archaeology and historic-site visitor material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm-style title card stating that the place is where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. — A brown film title card introduces the Dead Sea Scrolls location.

Warm-toned 8mm title card repeats the text about the Dead Sea Scrolls being found at this place. — The title card remains on screen with bold white lettering.

Nearly black 8mm transition frame, likely between the title card and the landscape view. — A dark transitional frame appears before the landscape.

Messada, Israel travel footage shows a rugged arid hillside beneath a pale sky in soft 8mm grain. — A rugged desert hillside fills the frame beneath a pale sky.

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