Flashback to the 1970s – Archival Stock Footage Collection

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Experience the 1970s Through Authentic Film and Video Footage

Travel back to the transformative decade of the 1970s with our Flashback Seventies Collection, featuring professionally preserved stock footage that captures the era’s raw energy and evolving identity. From bell bottoms and protest marches to disco nights and economic shifts, this collection reflects the rich visual and cultural landscape of the decade.

With full-length archival titles and custom cut options, each clip is sourced from original film and video masters to ensure the highest quality. Ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and retro-themed productions, this footage brings the 1970s vividly back to life.

70s MEDICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Advances In Artificial Cornea Transplant, Paramedics: Making A Difference, Cobe Laboratory And Kidney Dialysis, The Physical Fitness Industry, Pediatrics And The Magician Doctor.
1970's 28 min COL

70s SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

Hot Dog Skiing, The Tennis Boom Takes Off, Janet Guthrie Stock Car Racing, Hot Air Ballooning, Frisbee For Fun And Sport, American Gymnastics.
1970's 22 min COL

FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 1

Pediatrics And The Magician Doctor, School Of The Ozarks: Building Character, Inside The World Trade Center WTC, Animal Forest, Women Training For Spaceflight.
1970's 25 min COL

FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 2

Construction Of The World Trade Center WTC, Making And Playing Medieval Musical Instruments, Amniocentesis: Checking Baby's Health, Cape Cod Scenic, 200 Years Of American Fashion, School Of High Performance Driving.
1970's 24 min COL

FLASHBACK: 1970s - VOLUME 3

The Art Of The Mime, Cancer Research At Mt. Sinai Medical Center, College Basketball, Werner Von Braun On The Future Of Spaceflight, History Of Levi Strauss Jeans, Lawyers For The Evironment, Story Of Mark Twain, Trumpeter Louis Armstrong.
1970's 28 min COL

FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 4

New Fun Games For All Ages, The Journey Of The Chinook Salmon And The Bonneville Dam, The Development Of The Video Disc, The Life And Work Of United Farm Workers Union Leader Cesar Chavez, Behind The Scenes At The Laserium.
1970's 25 min COL

FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 5

Husband And Wife Big Rig Trucker Team, New Orleans French Quarter, Prison Ombudsman - Minnesota State Prison, Kirlian Photography, Cajun Life - Southern Louisiana.
1970's 27 min COL

FLASHBACK 1970s - VOLUME 6

San Francisco, Ranching Life, San Antonio Texas, Port Of New Orleans, Avery Island Home Of Tabasco Sauce.
1970s COL 25 min

1972 PRIMARY CAMPAIGN - ELECTION DAY

Election Day in a small town in the United States. Polling place with voter booths, people casting ballots. On the Democratic side Senator George McGovern greets people on the street and on the republican side Richard Nixon campaigns.
1972 COL 26 min

AEROSPACE POWER 1977

Documenting some of the planes, systems, and weapons in the United States Air Force arsenal; from fighters to bombers.
1977 COL 20 min

AIRPLANE GRAVEYARD

Military aircraft graveyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona with a variety of 1950s and 1960s aircraft presented.
1972 24 min COL

AMERICA CELEBRATES - BICENTENNIAL 1976

Combination of video footage and photographs documenting how citizens celebrate the American Bicentennial along with a brief essay on Americans and their way of life.
1976 10 min COL

BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME 1975

Highlights of the 1975 Baseball All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin between the American League And National League.
1975 25 min COL

BASEBALL ALL-STAR GAME 1978

Highlights of the 1978 Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego, California between the American League And National League.
1978 25 min COL

BOSTON MARATHON 1974

In 1974 1,951 runners entered the 26 mile, 385 yard, Boston Marathon; the world's oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious of sporting events.
1974 20 min COL

CALIFORNIA

Traces the history of California with scenes of its scenic beauty, natural rescources, agricultural production and landmark cities.
1970's 30 min COL

COLORADO - LAND OF THE LONG LOOK

Travelogue of Colorado, people, places and things to do; from rodeo and river rafting to automobile racing to winter sports.
1978 11 min COL

CONCORDE ARRIVES WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT

The supersonic Concorde lands with President Valery Giscard d'Estaing at Andrews Air Force Base; Concorde takes off.
1976 18 min COL

DRINKING DRIVER, THE

Vignettes of drinking situations and the wonder of the modern computers in helping law enforcement battle the war on alcohol.
1975 30 min COL

DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DEA PROFILE - 1973

A profile of the Drug Enforcement Agency or D.E.A. explaining the need and tasks for this agency
1973 COL 22 min

ENERGY - CRITICAL CHOICES AHEAD

Documenting the energy crisis facing the United States, analyzing the use of energy and citing consequences if trends continue.
1974 26 min COL

GLOMAR CHALLENGER: A VERY SPECIAL SHIP

Documenting the accomplishments of the Glomar Challenger, a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies.
1974 COL 27 mi

HAWAII - 1978

Scenic travelogue of the big island of Hawaii and Maui in 1978 from the coast line to the volcanic wilderness.
1978 10 min COL

KKK MARCH 1977 - MOBILE, ALABAMA

The Ku Klux Klan evoke their constitutional rights to march in the town of Mobile, AL which inevitably sparks a violent backlash
1977 13 min COL

A MILITARY CHAPLAIN'S ROLE - SGT. FOLEY COMES HOME

The role of the Military Chaplain in the aid of family after a soldier's death and the Chaplin's role in a military funeral.
1972 COL 20 min

NEW ORLEANS - 1978

Scenic travelogue of the city of New Orleans in 1978 from night scenes on Bourbon Street to a Jazz And Heritage Festival.
1978 9 min COL

ROOTS OF THE NATION

Story of America - it's people, culture and economic history, written in wood, a celebration of our Nation's coming of age.
COL 29min

SHOWROOM TO THE WORLD - U.S. TRADESHOW

Explains what a United States Trade Center is and what it does; filmed on location in New York, Paris and Stockholm.
1978 6 min COL

STREET SCENES 1973 LOS ANGELES AND SANTA'S VILLAGE

Variety of street scenes in Los Angeles, California showing vehicle traffic, pedestrian traffic, billboards and Santa's Village.
1973 15 min COL

SHIMON PERES GREETED BY DONALD RUMSFELD 1976

Israeli Minister Of Defense Shimon Peres is greeted by Secretary Of State Donald Rumsfeld.
1976 7 min COL

SUPREME COURT, THE - HISTORY AND FUNCTION

Documenting the history and function of the United States Supreme Court. Remarks by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.
1978 BW 27 min

TENNIS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1975

Documenting tennis legend Arthur Ashe and his victory at the World Championship Of Tennis finals matches in Dallas, Texas.
1975 27 min COL

VISION USA: 1973 - VOLUME 13

Stories of interest from the 1970's: Time Square Lights, Skylab, Instant Modular Housing, Dartmouth Winter Carnival, Hilltop Herb Farm, Opera Company of Boston MA.
1973 COL 24 min

VISION USA: 1974 - VOLUME 23

Stories of interest from the 1970's: Safety Village, Artist Don Drum, Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation, Great Dismal Swamp, Computerized Newspaper, Traveling Circus.
1974 COL 22 min

VISION USA: 1974 - VOLUME 31

Stories of interest from the 1970s: The Magic Castle, Aerial Logging, Artist Charles Chuck Huntington, Brain Pacemaker.
1974 COL 25 min

VISION USA: 1977 - VOLUME 62

Stories of interest from the 1970's: The Henry Settlement NYC, Burpee Seed Company, Mayo Clinic Rochester MN, Bicentennial Barge, Pat White Female Lion Trainer.
1974 COL 25 min

VISION USA: 1977 - VOLUME 64

Stories of interest from the 1970's: Ernest Hemingway - Journalist, Novelist And Sportsman, CETA Programs For Street Artists & Performers, Environmental Controls At Republic Steel Mill, Stock Car Race With Janet Guthrie Competing, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
1974 COL 26min

VISION USA: 1978 - VOLUME 7

Citigroup Center and St. Peter's Church NYC, Early Robot Technology, Windows On The World Restaurant NYC, Nautical Archeology, Tamara Brooks At Haverford College.
1978 COL 28 min

WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AN INFORMAL HISTORY

The Feminist Movement in the United States put into historical perspective, from its roots in the colonial period to the late 1970's.
1978 28 min BW COL

YOUR F.B.I. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

The misssion of the FBI and training its agents; from flashback footage of 1930's gangsters, to its expansion of powers during World War II, to its activities against Ku Klux Klan violence.
1977 16 min COL