Zion National Park Utah-1968: Sunlit Cross-Bedded Sandstone Dome With Pines at Its Base

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Year1968
Decade1960s
LocationZion National Park, Utah, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1968 · Zion National Park, Utah, United States

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What is in this clip

geology
desert landscape
national park scenery
family road trip
American Southwest
natural erosion
vacation filming

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · static · Distant eye-level view looking across at the rock, apparently telephoto
Setting: outdoor · Desert canyon country with a layered sandstone dome, a grey rock slope behind and pines at the base
Time and weather: day · sunny
Lighting: Hard directional sunlight on the rock face with deep shadow on the left of the frame
People: 0 · No people visible
Objects: sandstone dome · cross-bedded rock layers · pine trees · shrubs · grey rock slope
Colors: orange · cream · salmon · grey · dark green · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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The shot opens on a sunlit sandstone dome with diagonal orange and cream layers and a dark shadow along the left edge.
A hair or fibre shows briefly at the top right of the frame while the camera holds on the rock.
The framing drifts slightly, keeping the swirled layers and the pines at the base in view.
The shot ends on the same dome, a little softer in focus.

Sunlit Cross-Bedded Sandstone Dome With Pines at Its Base — Clip Details

Probably Zion National Park, Utah, circa 1968 home movie footage of a rounded sandstone dome marked with swirling orange and cream cross-bedded layers. Strong sunlight falls across the middle of the rock while a deep shadow covers the left edge of the frame, and a grey, scrub-dotted slope rises behind. Dark pines stand at the base. The single shot is held for about three seconds from a distance with slight handheld drift, and no people or signs 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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000024

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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: 1968 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: Zion National 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: Helps with requests for 1960s amateur colour footage of Southwest sandstone scenery, for geology explainers or family road-trip sequences.
Period detail: Nothing in the frame is datable on its own; the warm, contrasty colour and grain may show a 1960s reversal home-movie stock, in keeping with the rest of the trip reel.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor singles out one striking rock formation and holds on it for a few seconds, the way travellers filmed scenery as a keepsake between shots of the family.
What appears in frame: A rounded sandstone dome with diagonal orange and cream layers, tight swirls of rock on its left shoulder, dark pines and shrubs at the base, a grey scrub-dotted slope behind, and a deep shadow on the left.
Film character: Warm saturated colour, visible grain, soft focus, strong contrast between lit rock and black shadow, a slight handheld drift and a brief hair in the gate.
Edit role: Works as a short scenery insert or cutaway between travel shots, or as a textural geology beat in a landscape sequence.
Historical context: The shot reflects the common mid-century practice of recording national park scenery on small-gauge film during family car trips through Utah and Arizona.
Research note: No people, signs or logos are visible; the location is an estimate from the rest of the reel, and copyright in the film is a separate question from any property or location permissions.
Research search match: Cross-bedded sandstone home movie, vintage slickrock dome footage, 1960s Utah canyon country scenery, amateur film of layered desert rock.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's sandstone road tunnel drive, warm-lit sandstone peaks and prickly pear below a cliff, then with other circa 1968 Utah park footage or desert geology clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Cross-bedded orange and cream sandstone dome with pines, probably Zion National Park, Utah, in circa 1968 home movie film. — A sunlit dome of cross-bedded sandstone, probably in Zion National Park, Utah, circa 1968.
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Swirled sandstone layers on a sunlit dome, likely southern Utah circa 1968, with a film-gate hair visible at upper right. — The camera holds on the layered rock; a hair in the gate shows briefly at the top right.
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Rounded slickrock formation with sweeping cream and orange bands above dark pines, likely Zion, Utah, circa 1968. — Sweeping bands of cream and orange cross the face of the dome above a line of dark pines.
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Soft-focus end of a circa 1968 home movie shot of a banded sandstone dome, probably on the east side of Zion in Utah. — The shot ends on the same dome, slightly softer, with foreground trees dark against the lit stone.
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