Utah-1951: Rock Formation with Carved Face and Cave House

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationUtah, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Utah

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Rock Formation with Carved Face and Cave House — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a mysterious rock formation in Utah featuring a carved face embedded in the stone above a cave-like opening. A small, weathered house with windows is built into the base of the rock, blending into the rugged landscape. The footage, framed by dark borders, shows subtle camera movement revealing the textured sandstone and the eerie, abandoned atmosphere. No people are visible, enhancing the sense of isolation and nostalgia. The warm, faded colors and film grain evoke a classic mid-century Americana feel, perfect for historical or documentary projects.

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: 127551609

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: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1951 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Utah, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1951 8mm Utah home-movie footage for requests needing an isolated rock-cut dwelling, cave opening, carved face detail, or eerie rural cutaway.
Period detail: The frame may show a mid-century visitor view of a small structure built into sandstone, with simple windows, doors, rough masonry, and a carved face above the opening.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the rock facade from a distance with slight handheld drift, suggesting a traveler documenting an unusual roadside or landscape feature.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include reddish sandstone, a dark cave-like recess, a small built-in house, windows, doors, a carved face, pale ground, and rough stonework.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, warm faded color, visible grain, gate borders, and a contact-sheet look that carries the texture of physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use this as an establishing insert, haunted-place cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into material about unusual dwellings or desert landscapes.
Historical context: The scene gives visual context for mid-century amateur travel filming of an unusual rock formation and dwelling-like structure in Utah, without identifying the site.
Research note: Review is advised for the carved human-like face and the visible structure, since copyright, likeness, and property concerns are separate and not guaranteed by the scan.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1951 Utah 8mm rock house, vintage home movie cave dwelling, carved face in sandstone, and haunted abandoned place cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Utah 1951 travel footage, then cave houses, carved stone faces, abandoned-looking structures, or desert rock textures.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Utah 8mm frame showing a reddish sandstone formation, carved face, cave-like recess, and pale foreground. — Carved face and cave-like opening in a sandstone formation.

1951 Utah home-movie frame of sandstone with a carved face above a cave-like recess and rough stonework nearby. — Sandstone face detail above a shadowed opening.

1951 Utah frame showing a small rock-built structure with windows and a doorway beneath a carved face in sandstone. — Built-in structure at the base of the sandstone formation.

1951 Utah 8mm frame of the rock-side structure, with windows, a dark doorway, carved face, and cave-like opening. — Wider view of the rock-side structure and carved face.

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