Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Driving Through The Tunnel

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only. $149 flat from Stockfilm for documentary, news and educational use, plus internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

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

$149 · Editorial onlyDirect license: editorial use only

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Before you add to cart: 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. Checkout will only offer editorial, educational, internal and social/web scopes.

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Colorado Springs Colorado USA — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1973 showing a car driving through a dark mountain tunnel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The grainy, color-graded film captures the approach to the tunnel entrance, a yellow clearance sign, and the dim interior passage. The journey concludes with the vehicle emerging into bright daylight, revealing a clear blue sky and silhouetted mountain peaks. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural grain, slight color shifts, and a nostalgic, authentic feel of a mid-20th century road trip.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Interior
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: 120960221

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: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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.

View source reel context Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This 1973 8mm Colorado Springs road-trip clip can support archival requests for early 1970s American car travel, mountain driving, tunnel passages, or short documentary transition material.
Period detail: The visible era clues are the physical 8mm color film look, the in-car viewpoint, and a yellow tunnel clearance sign, while the 1973 Colorado Springs identification is supported by the supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged passenger or driver perspective as a car moves through a dark mountain tunnel and back into daylight.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the tunnel wall, a yellow clearance warning sign, dark interior passage, window or windshield framing, grainy blue-toned exposure, distant mountain silhouettes, and bright sky at the exit.
Film character: The footage has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld vehicle movement, exposure falloff inside the tunnel, and blue-purple color shifts typical of aged home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, road-trip memory beat, or visual metaphor for moving from darkness into open landscape.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for personal automobile travel through a mountain tunnel in Colorado in the early 1970s without showing identifiable people or broader civic events.
Research note: No people are visible, but the yellow tunnel sign and any readable official markings should be reviewed for identification, and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches may include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm tunnel driving, vintage home movie mountain road tunnel, Super 8 car through tunnel Colorado, and 1970s American road trip footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material from the same drive, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs or Colorado travel footage, and then with broader 1970s car travel and mountain-road sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing a car approaching a dark mountain tunnel, with a yellow clearance warning sign and rocky roadside visible through the windshield. — Approach to the tunnel entrance with a yellow clearance sign.

Inside the Colorado Springs tunnel, the 8mm frame shows a dim wall surface, windshield edge, and yellow clearance sign under low blue-toned exposure. — Dim tunnel interior and clearance sign.

A shadowed 8mm frame from inside the tunnel shows the passage in low light, a partially visible yellow sign, and small bright shapes ahead. — Low-light passage through the tunnel.

The car emerges from the tunnel into daylight, revealing blue sky, dark mountain silhouettes, the tunnel edge, and a faint yellow sign near the upper right. — Exit from the tunnel into mountain daylight.

Visually Similar Clips