Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1973: Man Inspecting Orange Ford Bronco on Mountain Road

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

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Man Inspecting Orange Ford Bronco on Mountain Road — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in 1973, showing a man in a plaid shirt standing beside a bright orange classic Ford Bronco on a dusty mountain dirt road. The truck, equipped with a roof rack, is parked near a rocky embankment as the man appears to be inspecting or working on the vehicle. Lush green and yellow autumn trees line the winding road, with forested mountains rising in the background under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits natural grain and color fading characteristic of 8mm home movies from the era, capturing a moment of roadside trouble during a scenic drive.

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: 120959413

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: Useful for 1970s archival requests needing Colorado mountain-road travel, roadside vehicle trouble, or rural recreation footage for documentary, educational, or period inserts.
Period detail: The clip shows 1973 8mm color home-movie material with a boxy orange utility vehicle, plaid clothing, roof rack, dirt road, and autumn mountain vegetation consistent with the stated Colorado Springs setting.
Home-movie behavior: The unstaged value is a traveler standing beside an open vehicle door as if checking or working around the truck during a scenic roadside stop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an orange truck, an open driver-side door, a man in a plaid shirt, a dusty winding road, rocks, yellow-green trees, forested hills, and cloudy sky.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, mild fading, gate edges, and slight handheld instability that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway or memory beat for a road trip, mechanical delay, mountain travel, or 1970s outdoor recreation sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for private automobile travel on unpaved mountain roads near Colorado Springs without establishing a specific landmark or public event.
Research note: A person is visible and the vehicle make is suggested by metadata, so likeness, trademark context, and any underlying copyright or property considerations should be reviewed separately before use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm home movie, orange truck on mountain dirt road, man checking vehicle, and 1970s Colorado road trip footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Colorado Springs mountain-road material, then broader 1970s roadside travel or vehicle-trouble footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing an orange utility truck on a dusty mountain road while a man in plaid stands by the open driver-side door. — Man beside orange truck on a mountain dirt road.
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1973 Colorado Springs frame with a man at the open driver-side door of an orange truck, set against rocks, trees, and a forested mountain backdrop. — Roadside check beside the orange truck.
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Soft 8mm frame of an orange truck and a man beside its open door on a mountain dirt road near Colorado Springs in 1973. — Stopped vehicle on a dusty mountain road.
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1973 Colorado Springs home-movie still showing an orange truck with an open driver-side door on a winding dirt road below wooded hills. — Orange truck parked below wooded hills.
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