United States-1971: Man in Sunglasses Turns in an Open Aircraft Cockpit

Catalog date: estimated · Catalog location: estimated. Review source evidence · Request a source quality check

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

From the same film reel

1971 · United States · Reel 94079aad contains 9 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1971 · United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1971Explore the year →Across the yearsUnited StatesExplore the place →

What is in this clip

personal aviation
experimental aircraft
informal portraiture
airfield activity
home movie observation
transport history

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye-level side view
Setting: outdoor · Open aircraft cockpit beside a grassy airfield with distant trees
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Dry conditions with a bright, hazy sky
Lighting: Natural daylight with soft contrast
People: 1 · One adult man with short dark hair, dark sunglasses and a light short-sleeved shirt sits in the cockpit, looks toward the camera and turns forward.
Vehicles: Light aircraft identified in the supplied section context as an amphibian
Objects: sunglasses · framed cockpit glazing · aircraft fuselage · wing structure · wing support strut · cockpit edge · grass · distant trees
Readable signs: EXPERIMENTAL
Colors: purple · blue · pale pink · muted green · off-white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

Select a time to watch that moment in the preview.

The seated man looks toward the camera through dark sunglasses.
He turns forward and brings his arm along the cockpit edge.
He briefly angles his face upward.
He remains seated in profile beside the framed cockpit glazing.

Man in Sunglasses Turns in an Open Aircraft Cockpit — Clip Details

In the United States, circa 1971 home movie footage shows a man wearing sunglasses seated in an open aircraft cockpit beside a grass airfield. He looks toward the camera, then turns forward and rests an arm along the cockpit edge. The word EXPERIMENTAL is visible beneath the opening, with glazing, wing structure and trees behind him. One continuous medium view records his changing pose through grainy, purple-tinted projected film.

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: 800002850

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

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: 1971 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: 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports a documentary request for a personal aviation portrait in the United States circa 1971, with an occupant seated beside visible EXPERIMENTAL lettering.
Period detail: Dark sunglasses, a light short-sleeved shirt, framed glazing and the open cockpit supply period detail but do not independently fix a narrow date.
Home-movie behavior: The man's glance at the camera and casual turn forward give the shot an informal human exchange.
What appears in frame: A seated man, dark sunglasses, light shirt, framed glazing, EXPERIMENTAL lettering, wing structure and a grassy field remain visible.
Film character: Pronounced grain, purple-blue color, soft projected detail, passing surface marks and dark rounded edges shape the archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a human cutaway between aircraft exterior, engine and flight views, or as a brief portrait within an aviation recollection.
Historical context: The EXPERIMENTAL marking connects the informal cockpit portrait to experimental aviation, without establishing the occupant's role or the airfield's identity.
Research note: A recognizable adult and privately owned aircraft are visible; copyright licensing does not itself establish likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for an experimental aircraft cockpit occupant, American aviation home movies and a man in sunglasses circa 1971.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's cockpit occupants, exposed engine and amphibian scenes, then with United States aviation circa 1971 and other informal airfield portraits.

Still Frames From This Clip

In the United States, circa 1971, a man in sunglasses faces the camera from an open cockpit, with EXPERIMENTAL lettering beneath him. — The seated man faces the camera beside framed cockpit glazing.
License this still · $49

A cockpit occupant turns forward beside a grass airfield in the United States, circa 1971, resting an arm beneath the framed glazing. — The man turns away from the camera and rests his arm on the cockpit edge.
License this still · $49

A side view shows the seated occupant and his forearm along the fuselage opening.

License this still · $49

In a United States aviation scene circa 1971, the man remains seated facing forward, framed by cockpit glazing, wing structure and distant trees. — The occupant remains in profile beneath the adjacent wing structure.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips