Colorado USA-1973: Shadowy Figure near Rocky Ledge at Dusk

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

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Shadowy Figure near Rocky Ledge at Dusk — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado, USA, in 1973, showing a dark, grainy scene at dusk. A shadowy figure is seen near a rocky ledge in a forested area, with dense trees and uneven terrain under a deep blue night-time filter. The image is heavily saturated with blue light, likely from a night vision effect or film processing, creating a mysterious and eerie atmosphere. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and film artifacts, capturing a candid, unscripted moment of nature and human presence in the wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120957370

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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: This 1973 Colorado 8mm clip can support archival requests for dusk wilderness atmosphere, ambiguous outdoor sightings, or moody 1970s home-movie nature inserts.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the physical 8mm color stock, heavy blue exposure, grain, and metadata-supported 1973 Colorado home-movie context rather than identifiable clothing, vehicles, or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged home-movie perspective, observing a dark wooded ledge from a fixed or lightly handheld vantage without visible performers or directed action.
What appears in frame: The frames show a rocky ledge, dark forest trees, brush or bare branches, uneven boulders, a shadowy shape near the rocks, and deep blue low-light exposure.
Film character: The clip carries strong physical-film texture through dense grain, saturated blue color cast, low-light softness, dark exposure, and visible contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief atmospheric insert, mystery beat, wilderness transition, or ambiguous memory cutaway within a 1970s outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects amateur color home-movie filming of rugged outdoor terrain in Colorado, with the low light and blue cast shaping the scene more than any identifiable social event.
Research note: No faces, logos, children, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright, location identification, and any implied figure interpretation should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Researchers might find this under searches such as 1973 Colorado 8mm forest dusk footage, blue-tinted rocky ledge home movie, or shadowy figure in vintage wilderness film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1973 Colorado outdoor footage, then broader 1970s home-movie forest, mountain, dusk, or unexplained-sighting themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a low-light blue-tinted rocky ledge in a forest, with bare branches and a dark indistinct shape near the boulders. — Blue dusk view of rocky forest ledge.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame of a wooded rocky slope under saturated blue low light, with dense trees behind large boulders and an indistinct dark form near the ledge. — Dark boulders below dense trees.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a blue-toned forest ledge with uneven rocks, thin branches, and a dark indistinct shape partly blending into the foreground boulders. — Shadowed form beside the ledge.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame of a rocky forest ledge at low light, with boulders, brush, bare tree limbs, and an indistinct dark shape near the center-left rocks. — Rocky forest ledge in blue low light.
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