Musicbed
Filmsupply
Stills
Contact Us(800) 805-6802

Historic Exploration Stock Video Footage

Licenses 2351 high quality Historic Exploration stock video clips in 4K, raw formats

Man Mountain Climbing

Joshua Van Patter

Vintage Footage

Ryan Light

Abandoned Houses

Rando Martins

Road trip through canadian nature in british columbia super 8mm

Philip Casey

Road Trip Across Iceland 16mm

Matthew Thompson

The needle of a compass turns as light and shadow play across its face
The needle on a compass spins around and around
A compass finds direction with a needle pointing to magnetic north
Vintage VHS footage captures the iconic view of the Manhattan Bridge from a bustling street in DUMBO, Brooklyn
Rotating globe in motion
A rock climber slides down a hanging rope as viewed from a cavernous opening in the wilderness
A person on a bicycle at high speed in a city alley
Hieroglyphs on a cave wall
Slow motion view from inside a wall as a woman with a sledgehammer demolishes old lath and plaster
Old style world globe slowly spinning
A timelapse of a tugboat sitting at a dock on an overcast day
A person is tracing a pen on a map of the world
Attachment with roman numerals is put on top of a compass
A man on an aircraft while hooked to breathing devices

Abandoned Houses

Rando Martins

The planets atmosphere is green in the dark
Man dangling from a rope at the opening to a huge cave
A picture of an astronaut in a space suit
A view of a house that has been destroyed
Vintage 8mm footage pans across a vast and rugged volcanic crater landscape under a clear sky
A man touches wall while walking through a dark cave
Large colorful map of north american continent hangs on wall
The tape recorder is operating
A side profile of a man in a hat looks out at a mountainous landscape he then turns his head to look directly at the camera with a serious and contemplative expression

Road trip through canadian nature in british columbia super 8mm

Philip Casey

Road Trip Across Iceland 16mm

Matthew Thompson

A close up of a clock face
The planet earth with lights and atmosphere with space in the background
Person in a performance submerged in water
Old photographs
Dark, abstract, and grainy black and white animation displays a network of blinking digital signals over organic-looking shapes
A car travels in rocky mountains
The heavily damaged and cluttered interior of a commercial building is viewed through the dark wooden frame of a four poster bed with bright light coming from the far end
Compass finds direction with a needle that moves
The needle spins on a compact style compass
Close up of a compass dial with the needle moving over the compass rose
Sunlight streams through the windows of a derelict airplane's empty and stripped-down interior
Earth globe spinning in a dark room
A notebook and compasses hold down a paper map on a desk
Abandoned, rusted machinery sits decaying in a vast, empty desert as wind blows sand across the desolate landscape
Ancient sketches appear on a wall
A low-angle shot shows a pedestrian crossing signal changing from a red 'don't walk' hand to a white 'walk' person symbol on a city street
Old style world globe spinning and coming to a stop
View of touristic plane wreck on black sand on a cloudy day
Old files and papers on table
A man opens a cover on a compass
Man wearing helmet looks out a window
Crater stands near fog covered mountains under a red tinted sky
Orbiting earth globe hanging on a wire in a natural cave
A time-lapse of sunlight and shadows moving across the sandy floors and decaying walls of an abandoned desert home
View through a doorway into a destroyed room with a collapsed ceiling and wooden debris scattered across the floor
A sheer, rocky cliff during the day
A vintage-style shot shows pedestrians walking on the Brooklyn Bridge with the modern Manhattan skyline in the background
A silhouetted scuba diver floats on the surface inside a dark, mysterious underwater cave, illuminated by a single beam of light from above
Compass finds direction with a needle moving underwater
Vintage film footage with light leaks reveals an ancient spiral petroglyph etched onto a large boulder in a desert canyon
Portrait of a man outdoors at night on a snowy day
City lights glow brightly on the surface of earth from space
Vintage footage slowly zooms out from a low angle to reveal the crumbling stone walls of an abandoned building in the woods
A gold pen hovers over a weathered map its tip poised to mark a destination
Abstract black and white animation of data points being tracked and connected within a digital network
A group of adults and children walking on a dune on a breezy day
A ruined building structure with cracked walls
The face of a compass
Hand of a clock shows the time on a clock decorated with maps
Vintage 8mm

Need help finding the
right footage?

Have it delivered to your account within 1 business day.

This is Filmsupply

Our StoryOur FilmmakersArticlesFilmsPopular SearchesAll Categories

FM

A family of brands dedicated to empowering the creative.

FILMSUPPLY

Footage licensing for productions

MUSICBED

Music licensing for filmmakers

STILLS

Image licensing for creatives

© 2026 FM LLC.

Privacy PolicyLicense TermsTerms & ConditionsCareers