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Colorado USA-1973: Mountain Cliff with Purple Tint and Evergreen Trees

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

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Mountain Cliff with Purple Tint and Evergreen Trees — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado, USA, in 1973, showing a rugged mountain landscape with a prominent rocky cliff face. The scene is bathed in a distinct purple-blue tint, characteristic of aged film stock, with patches of bright light on the left. Sparse evergreen trees dot the rocky terrain, and the camera pans slowly downward, revealing a rocky slope and a dark, possibly man-made structure at the base. The grainy texture and film edges confirm its origin as a classic Super 8 home movie, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia and archival Americana.

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: 120958115

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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

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 Colorado 8mm home-movie footage useful for documentary or educational requests needing a brief mountainous landscape insert with rugged cliffs and evergreen vegetation.
Period detail: The scene is supported as 1973 by metadata, while the visible period clues are mainly the home-movie film texture, handheld framing, and faded purple-blue color shift rather than datable objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, with the camera observing a rocky mountain slope and slowly revealing terrain details rather than staging an action or subject.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steep rock walls, a bright cliff opening, sparse evergreen trees, loose rocky ground, snow or pale reflective patches, black film borders, and a dark angular structure near the lower edge.
Film character: The footage shows pronounced 8mm grain, faded purple-blue color, high-contrast light leaks or overexposed sky areas, soft focus, and handheld framing consistent with aged physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short landscape cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition into a mountain sequence, or atmospheric beat within a Colorado or Rocky Mountain archival montage.
Historical context: The clip visually documents recreational or travel-oriented attention to mountain scenery in Colorado without showing people, vehicles, signage, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any property or location permissions should still be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1973 Colorado 8mm mountain footage, vintage home movie rocky cliff, purple faded film evergreen slope, and 1970s Rocky Mountain landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1973 Colorado or nearby mountain footage, and then with broader vintage 8mm nature, travel, and rocky landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a rugged purple-blue rocky cliff face, bright overexposed light at the left edge, and dark film borders around the image. — Rocky cliff face with bright side light.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame looking between rugged mountain rock walls toward a bright opening, with a small evergreen tree silhouetted near the center. — Mountain rock gap with evergreen silhouette.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a descending rocky slope, sparse evergreen trees, and a blown-out bright area along the left side of the frame. — Rocky slope with scattered evergreens.
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a rocky mountain slope with evergreen trees, pale snow-like or reflective patches, and a dark angular structure near the lower edge. — Rocky terrain and dark structure at slope base.
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