Colorado USA-1973: Model Rocket on Platform in Dark Cave Under Blue Light

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

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Model Rocket on Platform in Dark Cave Under Blue Light — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado, USA, 1973, showing a model rocket on a wooden structure inside a dark, cavernous space. The scene is bathed in an eerie blue light, creating a surreal and mysterious atmosphere. The rocky cave walls and stone-like platform enhance the industrial, otherworldly feel. The rocket, with a white tip and red body, stands ready on a small wooden platform. The grainy, low-light quality of the film adds to the retro, archival aesthetic. This clip captures a moment of quiet anticipation, blending childhood nostalgia with a sense of the unknown.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120957602

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

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: 1970s 8mm Colorado home-movie footage that can serve documentary or educational requests for model rocketry, staged miniature launch imagery, or surreal low-light amateur-film inserts.
Period detail: The visible clues are limited to a red-and-white model rocket, rough wooden support, blue-lit rock or cave-like walls, and grainy 8mm color rendering consistent with the supplied 1973 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of an amateur setup shot, lingering on a small model rocket in an unusual dark setting rather than documenting a formal public event.
What appears in frame: Across the four frames, a red model rocket with a white nose cone stands on a small wooden structure near rough stone ledges, dark cave-like walls, blue illumination, black film borders, and heavy shadow.
Film character: The footage has dense low-light exposure, visible film grain, blue color cast, soft focus, and contact-print-like frame edges that read as physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief cutaway, suspenseful insert, transition beat, or symbolic memory shot before or after outdoor rocketry footage.
Historical context: The scene reflects home-movie experimentation with hobby objects and dramatic lighting, but the frames do not establish a named site, launch event, or public program.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, though copyright clearance and any property or location permissions should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1970s 8mm model rocket in cave-like setting, Colorado home movie rocket setup, blue-lit amateur film miniature launch, and vintage red rocket on wooden platform.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Colorado 1973 material, and then with broader vintage model rocket, science hobby, cave-like interior, or surreal home-movie footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Colorado 1973 8mm frame showing a blue-lit rocky ledge or cave-like wall with deep shadows and black frame edges, before the model rocket is clearly centered. — Blue-lit rock ledge inside a dark cave-like setting.
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Colorado 1973 8mm frame showing a red model rocket with a white nose cone standing upright on a small wooden support against blue-lit rock walls. — Model rocket on a small wooden structure.
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Colorado 1973 8mm frame showing the red-and-white model rocket more centrally on a wooden platform, with rough stone ledges and heavy blue shadow around it. — Rocket centered against rough stone and shadow.
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Colorado 1973 8mm frame showing the red model rocket standing on a wooden support near rough stone ledges, with blue illumination and black frame edges visible. — Blue-lit model rocket near stone ledges.
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