Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Modernist Monument with American Flag at Dusk

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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 8mm home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing a striking modernist monument with three curved white pillars against a deep purple twilight sky. An American flag flies on a pole to the left of the structure, which stands on a grassy hill with sparse trees. The shot is framed by dark tree branches in the foreground, creating a natural vignette effect. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a distinct purple hue typical of 1970s home movie film stock. The camera remains stationary, capturing the monument in a contemplative, nostalgic atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
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: 120961611

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.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: This clip supports 1970s U.S. regional landmark, civic architecture, or Colorado Springs atmosphere requests needing a brief archival exterior at dusk.
Period detail: The saturated color, 8mm texture, American flag, open lawn, and modernist sculptural form are consistent with the supplied 1973 Colorado Springs home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The view has a visitor-shot quality, holding on the monument from a distance rather than staging action or emphasizing people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white modernist monument, an American flag on a pole, grassy foreground, sparse trees, silhouetted branches, purple sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage carries dense 8mm grain, strong purple-blue color shift, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and the tactile borders of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing cutaway, reflective transition, or memory beat for Colorado Springs, public monuments, or 1970s travel footage.
Historical context: The shot documents how a visitor framed a modern civic or institutional structure within a broad lawn and flag setting in early-1970s Colorado Springs.
Research note: No people are visibly identifiable, but the monument and American flag should be reviewed for location identification, property context, trademark-like symbols, and separate copyright or property permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm monument, 1970s American flag landmark footage, modernist public structure home movie, and vintage Colorado exterior at dusk.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1973 Colorado Springs exteriors, then with U.S. flag, public monument, and 1970s travel-film material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a white modernist monument on a lawn, an American flag on a pole, sparse trees, and a deep purple sky. — Modernist monument and American flag at dusk.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame with a distant white sculptural monument, American flag, open grass, faint haze, and soft purple-blue color cast. — Distant monument with flag and haze.

Wide 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm view of the modernist monument across a grassy field, with an American flag, small trees, and dark branches framing the sky. — Wide lawn view framed by branches.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing the white modernist monument and American flag from a distance, framed by silhouetted branches over a broad grassy foreground. — Monument, flag, and tree-framed sky.

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