Colorado USA-1973: Juniper Tree on Red Rock Cliffs

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

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Juniper Tree on Red Rock Cliffs — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm film footage from Colorado USA in 1973 captures a rugged desert landscape with a gnarled juniper tree clinging to red sandstone cliffs. The camera pans upward, revealing the tree's twisted trunk and dense green foliage against a pale blue sky with scattered white clouds. The natural light creates dramatic silhouettes and highlights the textured rock formations. This authentic home movie clip showcases the raw beauty of the American Southwest with rich color saturation and classic film grain, evoking a sense of nostalgia and adventure.

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: 120956211

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$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 8mm Colorado landscape footage suited for documentary or museum sequences needing an archival view of red sandstone cliffs, juniper growth, and open Southwestern terrain.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm home-movie footage with no visible built environment or clothing cues, so the 1973 date is supported by metadata rather than by identifiable objects in the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera lingering on a twisted juniper and panning across rock and sky as a scenic memory rather than a staged landscape study.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red sandstone cliff faces, a gnarled juniper trunk, dark evergreen foliage, pale blue sky, scattered white clouds, film gate edges, and distant purple-blue terrain in one frame.
Film character: The footage has saturated color, visible 8mm grain, soft focus, slight handheld framing, and exposure shifts that give the cliff and tree silhouettes a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief scenic insert, travel-memory cutaway, nature transition, or visual pause within a sequence about Colorado landscapes or family travel in the 1970s.
Historical context: The clip documents a recreational view of rugged Colorado scenery in the early 1970s, emphasizing natural rock formations and hardy juniper growth without showing people, signage, or developed facilities.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, brands, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright, location permissions, and any site-specific access issues should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1970s Colorado 8mm desert landscape, home movie red rock cliffs, vintage juniper tree footage, and American Southwest sandstone scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other Colorado 1973 landscapes, and then with broader 1970s home-movie travel footage of red rocks, trees, and scenic parks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a twisted juniper trunk rising in front of red sandstone cliffs, with dark foliage silhouetted against a pale blue sky. — Juniper trunk on red rock cliffs.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame with the juniper trunk and branches in the foreground, layered reddish cliff rock behind it, and a small patch of clouded sky. — Twisted tree against sandstone.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a dark evergreen tree silhouetted beside the edge of a red sandstone wall, with broken clouds across the sky. — Tree silhouette below clouds.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame with a dark juniper-like tree silhouette over a red rock ledge, clouds behind it, and faint purple-blue terrain in the distance. — Juniper silhouette and distant hills.
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