Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Mountain Motorbike Vacation Travel

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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 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in 1973, capturing a motorcyclist riding a dirt bike along a winding mountain road. The scene unfolds on a dusty, unpaved path flanked by rocky slopes and dense evergreen forests under a partly cloudy sky. The rider, wearing a helmet, navigates the rugged terrain, kicking up dust as they pass. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color saturation, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, authentic 1970s road trip aesthetic. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, travel montages, or retro-themed content.

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: 120959523

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: Archival 1970s Colorado mountain travel footage suited for documentary inserts about road trips, off-road recreation, rural touring, or vacation home movies.
Period detail: The helmeted motorbike rider, unpaved mountain road, 8mm color stock, and metadata-supported 1973 date place the scene in an early-1970s recreational travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged vacation perspective, with the camera watching a rider approach and pass through a rugged mountain road scene rather than presenting a formal travel view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dirt mountain road, a helmeted motorcyclist, rocky cut slopes, evergreen trees, distant forested mountains, dust, and a partly cloudy sky.
Film character: The footage shows soft 8mm texture with visible grain, mild motion blur, rounded frame edges, and slightly faded color that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, outdoor recreation cutaway, transition between mountain-road scenes, or memory beat for a 1970s vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects personal leisure travel and motorbike recreation in a mountainous Colorado setting without making claims about a specific route, landmark, or event.
Research note: A helmeted person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no readable logos, private interiors, or identifiable private property are apparent from the provided frames.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm mountain motorbike footage, 1970s dirt bike vacation home movie, and vintage Colorado mountain road travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1973 Colorado Springs or Colorado mountain travel material, and then with broader 1970s road trip, motorbike, and outdoor vacation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

In metadata-supported 1973 Colorado Springs-area footage, a small helmeted motorcyclist appears on an unpaved mountain road bordered by trees, rocks, and forested slopes. — Motorcyclist approaches on a mountain dirt road.

A helmeted rider moves along a dusty unpaved road in the Colorado mountain setting, with loose rock, evergreen forest, and a dark mountain ridge behind them. — Rider passes the rocky roadside slope.

The frame shows the curving unpaved mountain road, large roadside rocks, loose gravel, trees, and distant forested slopes in the 1970s home-movie travel sequence. — Rocky curve on the mountain road.

The closing view lingers on the unpaved road, roadside boulders, sloped rock cut, evergreen trees, and wooded Colorado mountain backdrop after the rider exits the frame. — Dust and rocks along the mountain road.

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