United States-1971: Man Spray-Coating an Aircraft Tail Outdoors

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationUnited States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 · United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1971 · United States · Reel 4e1007f9 contains 10 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

amateur aviation
aircraft construction
manual skill
surface finishing
technical hobbies
domestic workspace
work in progress

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, looking toward the worker's back and the side of the aircraft tail
Setting: outdoor · Residential yard beside a brick house
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Fair, with direct sunlight
Lighting: Bright natural sunlight with shaded foliage and strong surface highlights
People: 1 · One adult man seen mainly from behind, wearing a red cap, a light short-sleeved T-shirt and gray trousers, operating a spray gun with one arm raised.
Vehicles: Partially visible light aircraft under construction
Objects: vertical aircraft tail · coated rear fuselage · cup-fed spray gun · spray gun reservoir · trailing hose · tail fittings · red cap · brick wall · leafy trees
Colors: violet-blue · gray · dark green · red · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The man holds a cup-fed spray gun beside the mottled vertical tail.
He continues coating the fin above the smooth rear fuselage.
A pale spray cloud spreads beside the tail.
He raises the gun toward the upper portion of the fin.

Man Spray-Coating an Aircraft Tail Outdoors — Clip Details

United States, circa 1971 home movie footage shows a man in a red cap using a spray gun beside an aircraft's vertical tail. Seen from behind, he moves the cup-fed tool across the mottled surface and raises his arm toward the upper section as a pale mist spreads. The coated rear fuselage crosses the foreground, with leafy trees and a brick house behind it. One continuous medium shot records the work with slight handheld movement.

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: 800002987

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

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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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This United States scene dated circa 1971 serves documentary requests for amateur aviation, home aircraft construction and hands-on finishing work.
Period detail: The red cap, plain short-sleeved shirt and cup-fed spray gun may show everyday workshop dress and equipment around circa 1971.
Home-movie behavior: The worker keeps his attention on the coating task while the camera watches from behind without an evident pose or greeting.
What appears in frame: A red-capped man holds a spray gun beside a mottled vertical fin, with a smooth rear fuselage, pale mist, leafy trees and a brick wall surrounding the work.
Film character: Grain, soft edges, scattered specks, slight framing drift and a violet-blue cast give the projected-film transfer a pronounced home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use this short process insert between construction details and wider views of the more complete aircraft.
Historical context: The supplied aircraft identification places this residential finishing scene within an amateur-built aviation project in the United States.
Research note: One adult appears mainly from behind beside private residential property; copyright licensing is separate from any applicable likeness or property permissions.
Research search match: The scene answers searches for small-gauge aviation home movies, aircraft tail spray-coating and United States homebuilt construction circa 1971.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's vertical tail fittings, uncovered tail and aircraft exterior, then with United States material circa 1971 and other amateur aviation workshop scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

United States, circa 1971: a red-capped man aims a cup-fed spray gun at an aircraft fin outside a brick house. — The worker holds the spray gun near the lower portion of the vertical tail.
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United States, circa 1971: a man continues spray-coating the vertical tail above a smooth fuselage in a residential yard. — The raised spray gun faces the fin while the fuselage fills the lower frame.
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United States, circa 1971: visible coating mist drifts beside an aircraft fin as a man operates a spray gun outdoors. — Spray mist is visible against the brick wall beside the tail.
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United States, circa 1971: a worker reaches upward with a spray gun to coat the upper aircraft fin beside a leafy residential garden. — The worker reaches higher along the fin as the coating pass continues.
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