Colorado USA-1973: Gnarled Juniper Tree on Mountainside

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

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Gnarled Juniper Tree on Mountainside — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973 captures a gnarled juniper tree clinging to a rugged sandstone mountainside. The tree's twisted trunk and weathered roots anchor it to the rocky terrain under a pale blue sky with scattered clouds. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and soft focus, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1970s home movie aesthetic. This natural landscape scene offers a timeless glimpse of the American West's enduring beauty, perfect for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120956196

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Colorado 8mm home-movie landscape footage suited for documentary cutaways, archival nature inserts, or visual references to travel in the American West.
Period detail: The frames show no dated objects, but the soft color, grain, and 8mm home-movie framing support the supplied 1973 period metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on a distinctive tree and rock face as a travel memory rather than a staged landscape study.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a twisted juniper trunk, exposed roots, reddish sandstone, sparse evergreen branches, pale blue sky, scattered clouds, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, slight color shift, gate edges, and handheld framing that give it useful physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet nature cutaway, transition, location insert, or reflective memory beat within a Colorado or Western travel sequence.
Historical context: As a short home-movie view of a tree on a rocky mountainside, it reflects recreational attention to natural scenery without supporting broader historical claims.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location, and property-use questions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Colorado 8mm landscape, vintage home movie juniper tree, sandstone mountainside cutaway, and American West travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Colorado 1973 travel footage, and then with vintage Western landscape or desert-mountain nature material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a twisted juniper trunk and roots clinging to reddish sandstone beneath a pale blue sky. — Twisted juniper on sandstone slope.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame with a weathered juniper rising beside a sandstone outcrop, with evergreen branches and clouded sky in the background. — Weathered tree beside rock face.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing the juniper's exposed roots stretching across sandstone with soft focus, grain, and dark gate edges. — Exposed roots across sandstone.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame holding on a gnarled juniper against a rugged sandstone mountainside, with pale sky and dark frame edges visible. — Juniper clinging to rugged slope.
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