Colorado USA-1973: Old Mines From The Past

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

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Old Mines From The Past — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Colorado, USA, in 1973 captures a rugged industrial mine site under a deep blue tint, likely from film stock or lighting. The scene shows a steep, rocky cliff face with a metal conveyor system or staircase ascending the incline. A lone worker in dark clothing appears at the base, emphasizing the scale and harsh conditions. The grainy, high-contrast image with pronounced film grain evokes a nostalgic, archival feel, typical of home movies from the era. The camera remains mostly static, focusing on the imposing rock formations and industrial elements.

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: 120957415

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: Useful for documentary or educational requests needing 1970s 8mm footage of Colorado mining remnants, rugged industrial terrain, or extractive-work landscapes as archival context.
Period detail: The frames show 1973-era home-movie color footage with a steep rock face, metal stairway or conveyor structure, stone retaining wall, and small human figure, while the exact mine identity is not visible.
Home-movie behavior: The static visitor-like framing preserves the scale of the mine structure and a lone person moving through the site without staged action or direct address to camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky cliff face, diagonal metal industrial structure, stone wall, dark-clothed person, patches of snow or pale ground, heavy shadows, and blue-tinted 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a dense blue cast, coarse 8mm grain, high contrast, soft focus, and contact-print framing that read as physical home-movie texture from scanned film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for mining history, labor landscapes, industrial decline, or Colorado travel material.
Historical context: The footage visually places mining infrastructure within a rugged mountain or quarry-like setting, suggesting how industrial sites remained part of 1970s travel and local memory without confirming a specific operation.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos or brands appear and copyright, location access, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1973 Colorado 8mm mine footage, old mining site home movie, rocky industrial conveyor, vintage Colorado mining landscape, and blue-tinted 8mm industrial cutaway may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Colorado footage, then broader 1970s mining, industrial ruins, rocky terrain, and labor-environment archive material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a rocky mine site with a diagonal metal stairway or conveyor and a small person near the base of a stone retaining wall. — Rock face and industrial structure at a Colorado mine site.

Blue-tinted 1973 Colorado mine footage frame with a steep rock wall, diagonal industrial structure, stonework, and a distant person at the base. — Distant figure below a steep mining structure.

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing the lower mine area with rough stonework, a diagonal metal structure, bright pale ground, and a person partly visible near the right side. — Lower mine structure with a person at frame edge.

Final 1973 Colorado 8mm frame of the rugged mine site, showing the diagonal industrial structure against a rock wall with bright overexposed ground and dark film borders. — Rugged rock face with mine structure and bright ground.

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