Morocco-1970: Pan Across Thatched Dwellings and Metal Roofs

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Year1970
Decade1970s
LocationMorocco
Duration9s
Price$149 USD
Collection1970 · Morocco
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

rural housing
vernacular architecture
settlement layout
building materials
rural infrastructure
travel observation

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · Slightly elevated, looking downward across the settlement
Setting: outdoor · Rural settlement with grassy open ground, clustered low dwellings and dirt tracks
Time and weather: Daytime · Undetermined · Cloudy
Lighting: Diffuse daylight with shaded buildings and brighter sky
People: 0 · No people are clearly discernible in the supplied frames.
Objects: thatched roofs · pale metal roofs · low dwellings · fenced enclosures · dirt tracks · grassy hollow · shrubs · trees · utility wires · utility poles
Colors: muted green · brown · gray · blue-violet
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Thatched dwellings stand behind a grassy hollow beneath overhead wires.
The rightward pan passes a fenced enclosure and pale metal roofs.
Branching dirt tracks appear between the foreground grass and clustered buildings.
A broader spread of low roofs fills the closing view.

Pan Across Thatched Dwellings and Metal Roofs — Clip Details

Probably Morocco, circa 1970 home movie footage shows a rural settlement of low dwellings with thatched and pale metal roofs. A continuous rightward pan passes fenced enclosures, shrubs and scattered trees, revealing more buildings across the hillside. Grassy ground with a large hollow fills the foreground before branching dirt tracks come into view. Overhead utility wires cross the cloudy sky throughout the shot.

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: 9s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800004622

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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: Morocco 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: Supports documentary requests for circa 1970 rural housing and settlement views probably filmed in Morocco.
Period detail: Thatched roofs, pale sheet roofing, simple enclosure fences and overhead utility wires provide material context without fixing a precise date.
Home-movie behavior: The broad, slightly unsteady sweep reflects a visitor recording the appearance and extent of a settlement without staged activity.
What appears in frame: Low dwellings, thatched roofs, metal sheets, enclosure fences, a grassy hollow, branching tracks, shrubs and overhead wires fill the view.
Film character: Soft detail, visible grain, scattered marks, muted color and uneven projected brightness give the continuous pan its small-gauge archival texture.
Edit role: Works as a rural establishing shot or a transition from market activity to domestic surroundings.
Historical context: The view records thatch and sheet roofing within the same settlement, alongside enclosure boundaries, footpaths and utility lines.
Research note: No discernible people, logos or artwork appear; dwellings and enclosures are visible, and film copyright is separate from any applicable property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for circa 1970 rural village panoramas, mixed thatched and metal roofs, and small-gauge travel footage probably from Morocco.
Archive pairing path: Pair with this reel's pack-animal market, rural livestock gathering and Oum er Rebia sign, then other circa 1970 views probably from Morocco and studies of rural building materials.

Still Frames From This Clip

Probably Morocco, circa 1970: a thatched dwelling beside pale metal roofs, seen across a grassy hollow beneath overhead wires. — Thatched and metal roofs rise behind an enclosure and a broad hollow in the grass.
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A fenced cluster of thatched buildings and pale roofs, probably in Morocco circa 1970, with trees behind and a grassy hollow in front. — The middle of the pan centers on a fenced enclosure with mixed roofing behind it.
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Probably Morocco, circa 1970: curving dirt tracks lead past a fenced enclosure into a settlement of low, mixed-roof dwellings. — Branching tracks appear as the pan reveals more of the settlement.
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A broad settlement view probably in Morocco circa 1970, showing low roofs behind shrubs, branching tracks and open grassy ground. — The closing view spreads across clustered roofs and the tracks along their edge.
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