Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Man Takes Photo Of Wildlife In Rocky Forest

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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 8mm home movie footage from 1973 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing a man in a plaid shirt and cowboy hat exploring a rocky forest area. He walks through autumn foliage with yellow and green trees, then stops to take a photo with a camera, capturing the natural scenery. The clip has authentic film grain, color shifts, and a handheld feel typical of personal 8mm recordings from the era. The man’s movements and focus on the landscape convey a sense of discovery and nostalgia.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 120959377

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s Colorado travel, outdoor recreation, amateur photography, or Rocky Mountain nature cutaways in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The plaid shirt, brimmed cowboy-style hat, small still camera, and 8mm color home-movie texture support an early-1970s leisure-travel reading without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged moment of a man pausing during a rocky forest walk to look through or prepare a camera as a companion films from nearby.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a plaid shirt and dark hat, a still camera, shoulder straps, large boulders, scrub vegetation, yellow-green trees, and handheld framing.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, purple and green color drift, slight exposure instability, and handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, outdoor memory beat, travel transition, or cutaway for nature observation and amateur photography.
Historical context: The scene reflects personal sightseeing or outdoor recreation in a rocky Colorado Springs forest setting, with attention on landscape observation rather than a public event.
Research note: A visible adult face or likeness may require review depending on use, while no logos, minors, audible music, or clearly identifiable private property are apparent in the supplied frames.
Research search match: Researcher searches might include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm home movie, man photographing wildlife in rocky forest, 1970s Colorado outdoor recreation, or amateur nature photography footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Colorado Springs travel material, then with other 1973 Colorado outdoor scenes, and finally with broader 1970s nature, hiking, and amateur photography footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In Colorado Springs home-movie footage from 1973, a man in a plaid shirt and dark brimmed hat stands near boulders and autumn brush. — Man pauses beside boulders in a wooded rocky area.

A man in a plaid shirt appears to check a small camera while standing among rocks and foliage in the 1973 Colorado Springs outdoor scene. — Man checks a camera while standing near rocks.

The man raises a camera toward the rocky wooded landscape, with large boulders and yellow-green foliage behind him in the Colorado Springs home movie. — Man raises his camera in the rocky forest.

A man in a plaid shirt and dark hat holds a camera to his face as if taking a photograph in the rocky Colorado Springs forest setting. — Man photographs the wooded rocky scenery.

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