Colorado USA-1973: Red Sedan Driving Through Mountain Road in Rain

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

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Red Sedan Driving Through Mountain Road in Rain — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1973 showing a red classic American sedan driving along a winding mountain road. The car navigates a curvy asphalt path through a dense pine forest with rugged mountains in the background under an overcast sky. The footage captures a rainy day drive with visible wet pavement and a natural, unfiltered aesthetic. The final frame shifts to a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt path, suggesting a transition between eras. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, evoking authentic 1970s nostalgia. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120956732

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1973 Colorado 8mm home-movie clip can support documentary or educational requests for a 1970s mountain road travel view in wet weather.
Period detail: The red American sedan, soft color reversal look, and home-movie framing may show early 1970s leisure travel through Colorado mountain roads.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged feel of a family or traveler filming from a moving vehicle while following another car through a winding mountain route.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a red sedan, wet asphalt, curving roadside edges, pine forest, steep mountain slopes, an overcast sky, and distant valley terrain.
Film character: The clip carries an authentic 8mm texture with visible grain, mild color fading, soft focus, exposure variation, and motion blur from filming in a moving vehicle.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, road-trip transition, memory beat, or atmospheric cutaway for mountain driving in the 1970s.
Historical context: The scene documents ordinary automobile travel through a forested Rocky Mountain landscape without making a specific landmark or route identifiable from the frames alone.
Research note: People are flagged as visible for the clip and any occupants or bystanders should be reviewed for likeness concerns, while no logos, audible music, or private property are evident from the supplied frames.
Research search match: Useful researcher searches include 1973 Colorado 8mm mountain road drive, rainy day dashboard view, red sedan on winding pine forest road, and vintage home movie road trip footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado travel footage, and then with broader 1970s rainy road or mountain driving scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

A red sedan drives away on a wet, curving Colorado mountain road in 1973, with pine forest and blue-gray slopes beyond. — Red sedan on a wet mountain road.
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The red sedan continues around a damp mountain curve in Colorado, framed by dense conifers and hazy slopes in the distance. — Car following a damp curve through conifers.
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A red 1970s-era sedan descends a wet Colorado road toward a forested bend, with mountains and a valley visible through the trees. — Descending road with mountains ahead.
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The red sedan approaches a right-hand bend on a wet Colorado mountain road, with tall evergreens, exposed roadside slope, and distant blue mountains. — Sedan nearing a mountain road bend.
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