Masada Israel-1976: Desert Landscape with Signpost and Distant Mountains

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

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Desert Landscape with Signpost and Distant Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1976, this clip captures a desolate desert landscape in Messada, Israel. The view, framed by a dark border, shows a vast, arid plain under a hazy sky with distant mountains. A tall, dark signpost stands in the foreground, with a smaller blue sign nearby. The camera slowly zooms in, revealing more detail of the barren terrain and sparse vegetation. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a strong sense of retro nostalgia and archival authenticity.

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: 127398821

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: 1970s 8mm desert travel footage for documentary edits needing an establishing cutaway of Messada, Israel signage and arid landscape.
Period detail: The frames may show 1970s visitor infrastructure through the simple roadside-style signs, muted color stock, and home-movie framing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot pause on the desert view, using a slow zoom to inspect the foreground signage and surrounding terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall dark signpost, a smaller blue sign, pale desert ground, sparse scrub, distant low hills, hazy sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and contact-frame borders that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a location insert, travel transition, arid-landscape cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a 1970s Israel sequence.
Historical context: The footage provides visual context for a tourist or roadside viewpoint in the Messada desert area without showing crowds, vehicles, or built structures.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but signage text and location identification should still be reviewed for project-specific rights needs.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1976 8mm Messada Israel desert signage, Super 8 Israel travel landscape, and vintage home movie desert zoom.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1976 Messada or Israel travel footage, then broader vintage desert and roadside signage scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1976 8mm view of Messada, Israel desert terrain with foreground signage, pale ground, and a hazy horizon. — Foreground signs stand beside a broad, barren desert view with low hills in the distance.

Zoomed 1976 Messada, Israel desert frame with a dark signpost in front of open arid terrain and low hills. — The slow zoom brings the foreground signpost closer against the flat desert expanse.

1976 8mm frame of Messada, Israel showing a signpost at the edge of a barren desert plain under a hazy sky. — A signpost anchors the lower frame while the desert plain stretches toward a low horizon.

Late-frame 1976 Messada, Israel desert shot with foreground sign, sparse vegetation, and soft 8mm film texture. — The sign remains in the foreground as the camera holds on the open desert landscape.

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