Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Lone Fisherman In Dinghy On Autumn Lake

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

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Colorado Springs Colorado USA — Clip Details

Vintage 1973 home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing a lone fisherman in a small dinghy on a tranquil lake surrounded by forested hills. The scene captures a peaceful autumn day with golden aspen trees contrasting against dark evergreens, viewed through the characteristic frame of 8mm film. The water reflects a deep purple hue, and the fisherman paddles slowly across the calm surface, creating gentle ripples. The image exhibits natural film grain and slight color shifts typical of Super 8 footage from the era, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel.

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: 120959357

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 Springs, 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 Springs 8mm clip supports documentary or museum edits needing a quiet 1970s outdoor recreation insert with a lone fisherman on an autumn lake.
Period detail: The small dinghy, handheld 8mm framing, and subdued home-movie color may show early-1970s leisure filming rather than a staged scenic production.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged value of a family or visitor observing a solitary fisherman from shore as he moves slowly across the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small boat on the lake, a lone seated fisherman, rippling purple-blue water, yellow autumn trees, dark evergreens, a pale shoreline, and wooded hills.
Film character: The clip shows noticeable 8mm grain, soft focus, color shift toward blue and purple, slight exposure variation, and gate-framed contact-sheet edges that give it clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective cutaway, seasonal transition, outdoor recreation insert, or memory beat between broader Colorado landscape scenes.
Historical context: The scene documents a modest recreational lakeside moment in Colorado Springs, with autumn foliage and forested terrain providing visual context without identifying a specific landmark.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so users should assess likeness risk separately from copyright status, while no logos, audible music, children, or clearly private property are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm lake fishing, 1970s home movie lone fisherman, autumn Colorado lake dinghy footage, and vintage Super 8 outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs footage, and then with broader 1970s lake, fishing, autumn, or mountain recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing a distant lone fisherman in a small dinghy on calm water, with yellow trees, evergreens, and a pale shoreline beyond. — Fisherman rows across an autumn lake.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame with a lone fisherman in a small boat near the far shoreline, framed by purple-blue water, yellow foliage, and dark evergreens. — Boat moves near the far shoreline.

Home-movie frame from 1973 Colorado Springs showing a distant fisherman seated in a dinghy on a calm lake, with autumn trees and wooded shore visible beyond. — Distant fisherman crosses the lake.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame with a closer view of a lone fisherman in a dinghy on dark blue-purple water, with ripples spreading behind the boat. — Fisherman leaves ripples on still water.

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