Cliff Dwellers Arizona-1970: Stone House With Brush Ramada Built Beneath a Giant Fallen Boulder

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationCliff Dwellers, Arizona, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1970 · Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, United States

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What is in this clip

vernacular architecture
desert living
roadside curiosity
Southwest road trip
building with natural rock
tourism
isolation

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · zoom · eye level
Setting: outdoor · Desert roadside at the foot of red sandstone cliffs and a boulder-strewn talus slope
Time and weather: midday · likely summer · clear and sunny
Lighting: Strong direct sunlight with hard shadows under the ramada
People: 0 · No people visible.
Landmarks: Blanche Russell rock house at Cliff Dwellers (likely) · Vermilion Cliffs
Objects: stone house · giant boulder · brush-roofed ramada · wooden posts · green door · window · timber shed · desert shrub · scattered boulders
Colors: red · pink · tan · cream · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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Wide view of the stone house under its boulder, with talus and red cliffs filling the frame above.
Dark hair-like debris crosses the film frame briefly as the shot holds.
The camera begins a slow zoom toward the house and brush ramada.
The house fills the frame, showing the green door, window and ramada posts as focus softens.

Stone House With Brush Ramada Built Beneath a Giant... — Clip Details

Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970 home movie footage of a stone house built against and beneath a huge fallen boulder, likely the Blanche Russell rock house on US 89A below the Vermilion Cliffs. A brush-roofed ramada on wooden posts extends from the right side of the house, with a small timber shed behind and a talus slope of red sandstone rising above. The single shot starts wide and zooms in slowly on the green door and window, softening in focus at the end. No people or vehicles appear.

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: 800000013

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1970 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: Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, 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: Serves requests for circa 1970 Southwest road-trip footage, especially roadside oddities and desert dwellings along the route between the Grand Canyon North Rim and Monument Valley.
Period detail: Nothing in the frame fixes a date; the weathered masonry, brush ramada and timber shed show the house in use or maintained, and the colour rendition may show film stock of the 1960s or 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: A traveller stops, films the odd house from across the forecourt, then zooms in for a closer look, the way a visitor records a roadside curiosity.
What appears in frame: A stone house under a huge pale boulder, a brush-roofed ramada on posts, a green door and window, a timber shed behind, a leafy shrub, scattered boulders and a red talus slope.
Film character: Soft, grainy colour small-gauge film with warm red and pink tones, dark corners, slight handheld drift and brief hair-like debris in the gate early in the shot.
Edit role: Works as a short insert or cutaway within a road-trip sequence, or as a memory beat showing an unusual stop along the highway.
Historical context: The rock house at Cliff Dwellers stands beside US 89A below the Vermilion Cliffs and was built against a boulder by Blanche Russell, with sources dating her arrival between 1920 and the 1930s.
Research note: No people, logos or signs appear; the building is a private structure, so property considerations are separate from film copyright, and the site identification rests on visual match rather than a sign.
Research search match: Cliff Dwellers rock house home movie, stone house under boulder Arizona, Vermilion Cliffs vintage film, US 89A roadside footage circa 1970.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the Monument Valley welcome sign and Grand Canyon North Rim clips from this reel, then other northern Arizona road footage of the period, then desert dwelling material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wide view of the rock house at Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970, a stone dwelling under a boulder below red talus and sandstone cliffs. — The stone house and its brush ramada sit beneath a fallen boulder at the foot of the red cliffs, likely at Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970.
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Rock house below the Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, circa 1970, with gate debris visible on the projected home movie film. — The same wide view a moment later, with dark hair-like debris in the film gate crossing the slope above the house.
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Zooming in on the stone house and brush ramada at Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970, with the red boulder-strewn slope behind. — As the zoom begins, the green door, the narrow window and the shaded ramada become easier to read.
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Close view of the boulder-roofed stone house at Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970, showing door, window and brush ramada in soft focus. — At the end of the zoom the house fills the frame, the boulder forming its roof and the brush ramada extending to the right.
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