Salt Lake City Utah-1972: Visitors Welcome Sign on Iron Entrance Gates

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationSalt Lake City, Utah, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1972 · Salt Lake City & Utah · Reel 8ca38398 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

religious tourism
visitor welcome
place identification
entrances and boundaries
visitor conduct
urban heritage

Shot type: detail
Camera: handheld · Approximately eye level, facing the gates at a slight oblique angle
Setting: outdoor · Gated entrance to religious visitor grounds
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Undetermined
Lighting: Strong daylight backlighting with deeply shadowed foreground signs and gateposts
People: 0 · No people are visible.
Landmarks: Temple Square
Objects: rectangular welcome sign · vertical no-smoking notice · iron gate bars · gateposts · tree trunks · tree branches · partial building facade
Readable signs: TEMPLE SQUARE · THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS · VISITORS WELCOME · NO SMOKING PLEASE ON TEMPLE SQUARE
Colors: black · gray · off-white · muted blue · pale yellow
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The entrance gate fills the view, with the welcome sign above a smaller smoking notice.
Slight handheld drift keeps the Temple Square lettering near the upper center.
The shot continues on the signs and silhouetted bars without a cut.

Visitors Welcome Sign on Iron Entrance Gates — Clip Details

Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1972 home movie footage shows a rectangular visitors-welcome sign attached to iron entrance gates. Its lettering names The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, while a smaller notice asks visitors not to smoke on the grounds. The camera holds the entrance in a single shot with slight handheld drift. Dark gateposts and bars stand against bright daylight, with tree branches and part of a pale building beyond.

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: 800004313

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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: 1972 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: Salt Lake City, 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: This circa 1972 view supplies a readable Temple Square location insert for documentaries about Salt Lake City, religious tourism or visitor spaces.
Period detail: The bordered notices and subdued color-film rendition may show an early 1970s entrance presentation, although neither fixes a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The visitor-shot perspective pauses on the destination sign, with slight handheld drift suggesting a personal record of arrival.
What appears in frame: A large welcome sign and smaller smoking notice sit among iron bars and dark gateposts, with tree branches and a pale facade beyond.
Film character: Grain, soft lettering, cool color rendition and strong backlighting characterize this digital capture of projected small-gauge film.
Edit role: Use the readable sign as an identifying insert or cutaway before a wider view of the temple grounds.
Historical context: The church name, welcome message and smoking restriction show how the entrance presented the grounds and communicated expectations to visitors.
Research note: No people are visible; copyright in the film is separate from any rights associated with the church signage and privately owned grounds.
Research search match: The clip answers searches for Temple Square entrance signage, Salt Lake City home movies and circa 1972 religious tourism footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's anti-litter message and Salt Lake Temple exterior, then comparable circa 1972 city views and other visitor entrance signs.

Still Frames From This Clip

Temple Square in Salt Lake City, circa 1972: a welcome sign and smaller smoking notice stand dark against trees beyond the iron entrance gates. — The welcome sign names Temple Square and the church; a smaller notice appears on the left gatepost.
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A closer framing of the Temple Square entrance in Salt Lake City, circa 1972, shows church lettering above “VISITORS WELCOME.” — The main notice reads “TEMPLE SQUARE” and “VISITORS WELCOME” above the silhouetted gate bars.
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Iron gate bars frame Temple Square's welcome notice in Salt Lake City, circa 1972, with bright daylight outlining the trees behind. — The rectangular sign remains the focus as the handheld framing shifts slightly.
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Temple Square's gated entrance in Salt Lake City, circa 1972, holds a welcome sign above backlit branches and a partly visible pale facade. — The final sampled view holds the entrance signs against the brightly lit grounds.
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