Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: A Man Exploring A Rocky Cave With A Camera

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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

A man in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat explores a rocky outcrop in the Colorado wilderness during autumn. He holds a vintage camera, carefully capturing images of a cave-like opening among the boulders. The scene is framed by golden aspen trees and wild shrubs, with natural light casting soft shadows. The footage exhibits classic 8mm film grain and color saturation typical of 1973 home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a personal adventure in the mountains.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120959374

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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: 1970s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief Colorado outdoor recreation or amateur photography insert.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, cowboy hat, handheld still camera, saturated color, and metadata-supported 1973 date place the scene within a 1970s amateur travel-film context.
Home-movie behavior: A man appears to pause during a hike or outing to photograph a cave-like opening in a rocky outcrop, giving the clip an unstaged personal-adventure quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a plaid shirt and dark cowboy hat, a still camera, brushy foreground plants, large boulders, a cave-like rock recess, autumn trees, and handheld framing.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, mild exposure variation, and saturated autumn color that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for amateur exploration, mountain travel, or analog photography themes.
Historical context: The footage reflects a personal outdoor excursion in the Colorado Springs area, with the subject using a camera amid rocks and autumn vegetation rather than a staged public event.
Research note: One adult face or likeness may be visible in profile, with no visible logos or children, so likeness review remains separate from any copyright or location-use assessment.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm hiking footage, man with camera near rocky cave, 1970s home movie mountain outing, and amateur photographer in autumn landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs material, and then with broader 1970s hiking, outdoor recreation, or amateur photography footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1973 Colorado Springs footage, a man in a plaid shirt and dark cowboy hat stands near boulders and autumn brush while holding a camera. — Man with camera beside rocky outcrop.

The man appears to check or handle his camera beside a cave-like recess in large boulders, with autumn foliage behind him in the Colorado Springs area. — Subject checks camera near boulders.

A man in a plaid shirt raises a camera to photograph or inspect a rocky cave-like opening, with brush and autumn trees filling the frame. — Man raises camera at rocky opening.

A softer handheld frame shows the man near the boulders, lifting an arm close to his hat or head as he stands among brush in the autumn landscape. — Blurred movement beside the rocks.

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