Oregon-1957: Rugged Rock Formations And Arid Landscape

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Year1957
Decade1950s
LocationOregon, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1957 Oregon

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Rugged Rock Formations And Arid Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1957, this vintage home movie captures a rugged, arid landscape in Oregon. The footage begins with a wide view of a dry, grassy plain before panning down to reveal dramatic, layered rock formations and steep cliffs. The camera moves closer, highlighting the textured, weathered surfaces of the stone under natural daylight. The image quality shows classic Super 8 film grain and slight color fading, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or any content exploring American natural landscapes of the 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127714063

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1957 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: Oregon, 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

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: Supports 1950s documentary requests for Oregon natural-landscape footage, especially rugged cliffs, dry terrain, and home-movie views of western geology.
Period detail: The 1957 date is supported by metadata, while the visible frames mainly show natural rock formations without built era markers or identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The brief handheld views suggest a traveler filming dramatic rock faces and canyon-like terrain from a personal sightseeing perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steep layered cliffs, dark rock shadows, pale stone surfaces, loose rubble, dry ground, sparse greenery, and strong daylight contrast.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows pronounced grain, soft focus, color fading, exposure variation, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a landscape insert, travel-memory cutaway, geology transition, or quiet establishing beat within a mid-century Oregon sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for mid-century recreational filming of arid western landscapes, without evidence of people, structures, or named sites in the frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review source copyright status and any location-specific use considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1957 Oregon 8mm rock formations, vintage home movie arid landscape, and mid-century western cliff footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1957 Oregon material, then broader vintage western landscape and geology footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing a rugged cliff face with layered stone, pale ledges, and heavy shadow across the rock wall. — Layered rock face and cliff shadows in an arid Oregon landscape.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame of a textured rock wall, with reddish stone tones, irregular ledges, and dark shadowed sections. — Reddish and shadowed rock surfaces fill the frame.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame showing a closer view of rough cliff textures, pale outcrops, and shadowed recesses in the rock. — Close, handheld view of rough stone textures and cliff recesses.

1957 Oregon 8mm frame looking toward a rocky slope below dark cliff shadows, with scattered stones and sparse green vegetation. — Loose rocks and sparse greenery appear below the shadowed cliff edge.

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