Colorado USA-1973: Close-Up of Reddish Rock Face

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1973 · Colorado, United States

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Explore this year and place

Compare featured footage, popular clips and the full collection.

Same year and place1973 · Colorado, United StatesExplore footage →Across the archiveFilmed in 1973Explore the year →Across the yearsColorado, United StatesExplore the place →

Close-Up of Reddish Rock Face — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973, capturing a close-up view of a rugged, reddish-brown rock face with visible cracks and small holes. The camera slowly pans across the textured surface, highlighting natural erosion patterns and subtle color variations under warm, filtered light. The grainy film quality and dark borders confirm its origin as a classic Super 8 home movie, evoking a sense of nostalgic exploration and natural history. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, nature projects, or vintage Americana content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120955954

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1382 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Original reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Reel-level year note: 1973
Reel-level location note: colorado springs
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1973 Colorado 8mm clip supports archival requests for 1970s American landscape detail, natural texture cutaways, and geology-oriented documentary inserts.
Period detail: The visible evidence is primarily the 8mm home-movie frame, grain, warm color cast, and close handheld attention to a reddish rock surface, with the 1973 Colorado context supplied by metadata rather than identifiable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reflects an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering closely on rock texture and erosion marks as a personal record of outdoor observation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include reddish-brown stone, shallow cracks, small dark holes, rough raised areas, pale erosion streaks, warm filtered exposure, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip has a physical 8mm look with pronounced grain, slight softness, warm magenta-brown color shift, uneven exposure, and visible frame edges that preserve its home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transitional texture, geology insert, or quiet memory beat within a sequence about Colorado landscapes or vintage travel.
Historical context: The close-up view situates the material in a personal 1970s outdoor travel record, emphasizing natural surface detail rather than a named site or public event.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, though users should still assess copyright, location context, and any collection-specific restrictions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Colorado 8mm rock face, vintage home movie geology texture, reddish sandstone close-up, and 1970s American landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado outdoor material, and then with broader vintage landscape, geology, desert, or rock-texture clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a close-up of a reddish-brown rock surface with cracks, raised rough areas, and dark film borders. — Close-up rock texture with cracks and raised stone.
License this still · $49

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing reddish stone with pale erosion-like streaks, small dark pits, and a vertical black film-frame edge. — Pitted rock face with pale natural streaking.
License this still · $49

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a close view of reddish-brown rock with one prominent dark hole, shallow cracks, and pale diagonal surface streaks. — Reddish stone detail with a dark pit and cracks.
License this still · $49

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a close-up of reddish rock with pale curving streaks, small pits, fine cracks, and dark film edges. — Rock surface with curving streaks and small pits.
License this still · $49

Visually Similar Clips