The same wide view a moment later, with dark hair-like debris in the film gate crossing the slope above the house.
1970 · Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, United States
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The stone house and its brush ramada sit beneath a fallen boulder at the foot of the red cliffs, likely at Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970 — Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, 1970
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Wide view of the rock house at Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, circa 1970, a stone dwelling under a boulder below red talus and sandstone cliffs.
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As the zoom begins, the green door, the narrow window and the shaded ramada become easier to read.
1970 · Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, United States
Still image · $49
At the end of the zoom the house fills the frame, the boulder forming its roof and the brush ramada extending to the right.
1970 · Cliff Dwellers, Arizona, United States
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Cliff Dwellers Arizona-1970: Stone House With Brush Ramada Built Beneath a Giant Fallen Boulder
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
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Period detail
Nothing in the frame fixes a date; the weathered masonry, brush ramada and timber shed show the house in use or maintained, and the colour rendition may show film stock of the 1960s or 1970s.
Film character
Soft, grainy colour small-gauge film with warm red and pink tones, dark corners, slight handheld drift and brief hair-like debris in the gate early in the shot.
Historical context
The rock house at Cliff Dwellers stands beside US 89A below the Vermilion Cliffs and was built against a boulder by Blanche Russell, with sources dating her arrival between 1920 and the 1930s.
Research note
No people, logos or signs appear; the building is a private structure, so property considerations are separate from film copyright, and the site identification rests on visual match rather than a sign.
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