Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1973: Mountain Dirt Road Winding Through Evergreen Forest

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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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Mountain Dirt Road Winding Through Evergreen Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 showing a scenic dirt road winding through a forested mountain landscape in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The camera moves forward along the unpaved road, flanked by dense evergreen trees and bare deciduous trees, with rocky hillsides and distant mountain peaks visible under an overcast sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, capturing a nostalgic, authentic slice of 1970s Americana. The perspective suggests a first-person drive through a remote, natural setting, evoking a sense of quiet exploration and wanderlust.

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: 120959489

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.

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 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 clip supports requests for 1970s Colorado travel, mountain road, rural driving, or scenic home-movie material for documentary inserts and period atmosphere.
Period detail: The unpaved road, forward-moving vehicle viewpoint, forested slopes, muted color, and 8mm texture align with the supplied 1973 Colorado Springs home-movie metadata without showing specific datable landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged value of a traveler filming from a moving vehicle while passing through a quiet mountain road rather than composing a formal scenic shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a pale dirt road, rocky road cuts, evergreen forest, bare deciduous trees, brush, distant mountain ridgelines, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm grain, faded color, slight motion blur, gate shadows, and uneven exposure that give the footage a physical home-movie record quality.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel transition, road-trip insert, geographic cutaway, or reflective memory beat between more specific Colorado or 1970s scenes.
Historical context: The clip visually documents recreational or local travel through a wooded mountain landscape near Colorado Springs, emphasizing road access and natural scenery rather than urban development.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible in the provided frames, but copyright, location identification, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm mountain road footage, vintage Colorado dirt road driving, 1970s home movie forested mountains, and Super 8 scenic road trip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs footage, and then with broader 1970s mountain driving or American road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a pale dirt road bending through forested mountain terrain with rocky cuts and distant wooded slopes. — Dirt road entering a wooded mountain curve.
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1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame with an unpaved road curving through evergreen and bare trees below dark mountain slopes. — Road bend between forest and rocky slope.
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1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame from a moving vehicle, looking along a dirt mountain road bordered by trees, brush, and exposed earth. — Vehicle-view road through mountain woods.
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1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing the road foreground opening toward layered wooded mountain ridges under a cloudy sky. — Mountain ridges beyond the road.
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