Goosenecks State Park Utah-1970: Pan Across Terraced Canyon Walls Down to a Muddy River Meander

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationGoosenecks State Park, Utah, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1970 · Goosenecks State Park, Utah, United States

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What is in this clip

canyon landscape
river erosion
geology
road-trip tourism
state parks
American Southwest
desert wilderness

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · high angle looking down from the canyon rim
Setting: outdoor · Desert river canyon with terraced rock walls, seen from a rim overlook
Time and weather: daytime · clear and dry
Lighting: Bright natural daylight with deep shadow in the canyon bottom
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Landmarks: Goosenecks of the San Juan River
Objects: terraced rock spur · cliff bands · muddy river · red soil slope · low desert shrubs
Colors: grey · tan · muddy brown · rust red · dull green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

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A rounded, terraced rock spur fills the frame with the muddy river curving at its foot on the left.
The pan moves right and the river slips out of frame, leaving the stepped ledges and a dark cliff band.
A reddish foreground slope with sparse shrubs enters at lower right.
A second stretch of pale, silty river appears deep between shadowed walls on the right.

Pan Across Terraced Canyon Walls Down to a Muddy River... — Clip Details

Goosenecks State Park, Utah, circa 1970 home movie footage looking down into the entrenched meanders of the San Juan River. The shot opens on a rounded, terraced spur of grey rock with the muddy brown river curving at its foot on the left. A handheld pan then moves right along the stepped ledges and dark cliff bands to a reddish foreground slope dotted with low shrubs, ending on a second stretch of pale river far below. It is one continuous silent shot filmed from the rim, with soft focus and darkened corners.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Handheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000015

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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: Goosenecks State Park, 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: Answers requests for period visitor footage of southern Utah canyon country, circa 1970, for documentaries on Southwest travel, state parks or river geology.
Period detail: The landscape holds no dated objects; the muted colour and grain of the home-movie stock and the park sign elsewhere on the reel place it after 1962, around 1970.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor at the rim sweeps the camera across the view to take in the whole bend, the way a traveller records an overlook stop on a road trip.
What appears in frame: A rounded terraced rock spur, stepped grey ledges, dark streaked cliff bands, a muddy brown river bend, a red soil slope with sparse shrubs and a second pale reach of river.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, muted greys and tans with a warm red foreground, darkened corners and a slightly drifting handheld pan give it a projected home-movie texture.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing shot or landscape transition for a southern Utah sequence, or as a cutaway illustrating a river meander.
Historical context: Goosenecks became a Utah state park in 1962, so this is a visitor's view from the park's first decades, filmed on a trip that also reached Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon.
Research note: No people, signs, logos or buildings appear; copyright in the film is a separate matter from the public landscape shown, and the year is an estimate rather than a documented date.
Research search match: Goosenecks State Park home movie, San Juan River canyon vintage footage, 1970s Utah landscape film, entrenched meander archival footage, Southwest road trip amateur film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the Monument Valley welcome sign and large sandstone arch from this reel, then the Grand Canyon North Rim cliff pan, then other circa 1970 Southwest canyon footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Terraced rock spur and the muddy San Juan River at the Goosenecks, Utah, in a circa 1970 home movie frame. — The pan begins on a terraced spur of rock with the San Juan River bending round its base, Goosenecks State Park, Utah, circa 1970.
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Concentric limestone terraces of a Goosenecks canyon spur, Utah, circa 1970, with the river just leaving the frame. — As the camera moves right, the stepped terraces of the spur fill the frame and the river slips out at the left.
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Diagonal cliff band and red foreground soil at the Goosenecks overlook, Utah, in a circa 1970 home movie frame. — A dark cliff band crosses the frame as red foreground soil with scattered shrubs comes into view.
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Second reach of the San Juan River far below the rim at the Goosenecks, Utah, circa 1970, beyond a red desert slope. — The pan ends on another stretch of the San Juan River far below, framed by a cliff band and a red slope near the rim.
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