Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Entering A Dark Cave

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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 first-person perspective entering a dark, narrow cave tunnel. The camera moves forward through a rocky, uneven passage with rough stone walls and a dimly lit opening. A small patch of yellow-green foliage is visible at the entrance before the view plunges into deep shadow. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural light decay, creating a mysterious, eerie atmosphere. This authentic archival clip captures the curiosity and exploration of a 1970s outdoor adventure.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 120959622

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s documentary or editorial requests needing visitor-shot 8mm footage of entering a dark cave or rocky tunnel in Colorado Springs.
Period detail: The visible period detail comes mainly from the 8mm home-movie format, handheld exposure shifts, and 1973 Colorado Springs metadata rather than date-specific objects in frame.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged first-person exploration moment as the camera moves from daylight at a rocky cave entrance into deep shadow.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rough stone walls, arched cave openings, black tunnel shadow, a vertical film-frame divider, dim natural light, and a small patch of yellow-green foliage near the entrance.
Film character: The footage has dense Super 8 grain, soft focus, blue-purple color drift, uneven exposure, and handheld movement that give the cave passage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition into darkness, suspense cutaway, or memory beat for outdoor exploration and cave-entry sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects casual 1970s home-movie travel or recreation filming, with the camera emphasizing personal movement into a rocky natural feature rather than a formally identified landmark.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location access, and any property or site permissions should be evaluated separately for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm cave entrance, vintage home movie dark tunnel, Super 8 rocky passage, and 1970s outdoor exploration footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs material, and then with broader vintage cave, tunnel, hiking, or outdoor exploration footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a rough rock wall around a dark cave opening, with a small patch of yellow-green foliage near the entrance. — Rocky cave entrance before the view darkens.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame looking toward a shadowed cave opening, with uneven rocky walls and limited daylight around the passage. — Shadowed cave opening framed by rock.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame from inside or near the cave passage, showing rough stone surfaces fading into dark shadow. — Dim rocky passage inside the cave.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing the cave view dropping into near darkness, with only faint rock texture visible along one side. — Cave interior fades into darkness.

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