Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Lake Near The City Covered By Mountain

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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 1973 home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing a serene lakeside scene with a person standing at the water's edge. The landscape features a calm lake, a tree-lined shore, and a majestic mountain range in the background under a cloudy sky. The film exhibits classic 8mm Super 8 characteristics with a distinct purple color cast, grain, and soft focus, capturing a nostalgic mid-century American outdoor moment. The shot remains steady, emphasizing the natural beauty and quiet atmosphere of the location.

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: 120961565

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: 1970s Colorado home-movie lake and mountain footage suited for documentary inserts about western U.S. travel, outdoor recreation, or regional landscape atmosphere.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s recreational shoreline viewing, with era clues mainly coming from the 8mm home-movie format, soft color reversal look, and metadata-supported 1973 Colorado Springs setting.
Home-movie behavior: A distant person stands or moves near the waterline while the camera holds a quiet visitor perspective across the lake toward trees and mountains.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include calm lake water, a sandy or pale shoreline, tree cover, small distant buildings, mountain ridges, cloudy sky, and a small human figure near the shore.
Film character: The footage carries a purple color cast, visible grain, soft focus, light flicker, and steady home-movie framing characteristic of scanned 8mm material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, regional transition, travel-memory cutaway, or reflective landscape beat.
Historical context: The scene documents a leisure-view landscape near Colorado Springs without showing enough detail to support claims about a specific lake, event, neighborhood, or named landmark.
Research note: People are visible only at a distance, but likeness review may still be needed, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from any location or property considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm lake footage, 1970s Colorado mountain home movie, vintage lakeside shoreline, and Super 8 western U.S. landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs material, then with broader 1970s U.S. lake, mountain, travel, and outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing a calm lake, pale shoreline, trees, distant mountains, and a small figure near the water. — Lake and mountain view with a distant shoreline figure.

1973 Colorado Springs frame with lake water in the foreground, a wooded shore, small distant human figures, and mountains beneath cloud cover. — Distant figures at a lakeside with mountains beyond.

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie view across a lake toward a tree-lined shore, small distant buildings, and a hazy mountain backdrop. — Wide lakeside view with buildings along the far shore.

1973 Colorado Springs frame showing calm water, a low shoreline with trees and small buildings, and blue-purple mountain ridges in the background. — Tree-lined lakeshore with mountains in the distance.

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