TAOS NEW MEXICO-2015: An Expensive Black Cross At The Top Of A Church
About this clip
Shot in Taos, New Mexico in 2015, this home movie clip captures a striking black cross positioned at the top of a church against a bright, sunny sky. The image evokes themes of faith, worship, and spiritual belief, with the cross standing prominently as a symbol of religious devotion. Filmed on vintage home movie film, the footage carries a nostalgic, cinematic quality, ideal for documentaries, religious content, or inspirational projects exploring modern spirituality and American religious architecture.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for documentary, travel edit, church architecture segment, faith-focused brand film, or social cut needing a Taos New Mexico church cross against a bright sky.
- Edit role
- Works as a short cutaway, insert, or reflective beat between broader Taos street and church exterior shots, with the six-second length suited to a quick visual pause.
- Visual details
- A black cross rises above a rounded church parapet, with two dark vertical poles, tree branches at the edges, a low adobe-colored building, bright clouds, patches of blue sky, and no visible people.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- File size
- 42 MB
- Location
- Taos New, Mexico
- Year filmed
- 2015
- Published
- May 2015
Still Frames From This Clip
2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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