Vintage Stock Footage

1973 Colorado

Home movies filmed in Colorado in 1973 feature family life, road trips, and mountain scenery. Scenes include Pikes Peak, waterfalls, and classic cars.

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About this footage

One reel in this 1973 Colorado set is labeled "air force academy, cripple creek, cheyne zoo, broadmoor," and much of the footage follows sightseeing around Colorado Springs. It opens on a wooden "Welcome to Colorful Colorado" sign, then climbs dirt roads through pine forest, passes red rock spires, and stops at a sign announcing 265 steps to Helen Hunt Jackson's grave. A family poses behind the Pikes Peak summit sign, a cable car climbs a rocky slope, and a woman walks down metal stairs fixed to a cliff.

In town, a man rides a horse down a street lined with parked cars, and a tall brick building with arched windows stands over a quiet main street. Rodeo clips show a roped cow and a black bull in the arena, and there's a horse race on a dirt track, a peacock and bears at a zoo, and a white geodesic dome on a hillside. Winter scenes from Boulder show a dog dragging a child on a sled.

It suits work on 1970s Colorado tourism, mountain driving, or Western rodeos.

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2 physical reels behind this page. Years and places are quoted as written on the reel record where one exists.

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of 1973 Colorado footage is available?

513 clips of home movie footage filmed in Colorado in 1973, scanned from original 8mm reels. The subjects tagged most often across these clips are trees, mountain, travel, buildings and road.

What format was 1973 Colorado footage shot on?

The source reels behind this page are Super 8 (2 reels). By the 1970s, most home movies were shot on Super 8, with Standard 8mm still in use. We scan original reels at 4K and color-correct each clip while keeping the film grain.

How many of these clips can I license directly?

All 513. Each one licenses directly from Stockfilm for $149, royalty-free, with the 4K master delivered after checkout.

Which reels did this footage come from?

2 physical source reels, including reels 1382 and 1395. Each reel page lists the film gauge, reel size, and the years and places written on the original reel where that record exists.

Can I license 1973 Colorado stock footage commercially?

513 clips on this page are available for royalty-free direct licensing from Stockfilm. Commercial use, including advertising and branded content, applies only to clips marked Commercial; clips marked Editorial only are limited to documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Each clip page and grid card shows the status.

Where can I download 1973 Colorado archival footage?

Open a clip from the collection above, choose License Direct, and complete checkout to receive the licensed master download from Stockfilm.