Colorado Springs Colorado USA .-1973: Backdrop Of Mountains With Water Between A Row Of Trees

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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, showcasing a serene lakeside scene with a row of lush green trees lining a sandy shore. In the distance, a calm blue lake reflects the sky, with a majestic range of snow-capped mountains forming a dramatic backdrop under a partly cloudy, warm summer sky. A few people are visible strolling along the shoreline, enjoying the natural beauty. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and a slightly faded, nostalgic quality characteristic of 1970s amateur home movies, capturing a peaceful moment of Americana and outdoor recreation.

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: 120961635

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: This 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm clip supports archive requests for 1970s American outdoor recreation, scenic travel inserts, and quiet mountain-lake establishing material.
Period detail: The footage may show period home-movie travel aesthetics through its 8mm color stock, distant casual shoreline visitors, and lightly faded 1970s color rendering rather than through identifiable fashion or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot stillness of a lakeside viewpoint, with small figures moving along the shore beneath trees while the camera holds on the mountain backdrop.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a sandy or pale shoreline, a row of leafy trees, blue water, distant snow-capped mountains, scattered clouds, tiny shoreline visitors, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The clip carries physical 8mm texture through visible grain, soft focus, mild gate weave, purple-blue color shift, uneven exposure, and the contact-print edge feel of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, travel transition, memory beat, or quiet establishing insert for Colorado Springs or broader Rocky Mountain leisure material.
Historical context: The scene places everyday outdoor leisure against a mountain landscape, showing a public-looking waterfront space without enough detail to identify individuals, facilities, or a specific landmark.
Research note: People are visible only as small distant figures, so likeness review may still be needed, while no readable logos, brands, private interiors, or clearly identifiable private property appear in the sampled frames.
Research search match: Useful search language includes 1973 Colorado Springs 8mm mountain lake, 1970s Colorado shoreline home movie, Rocky Mountain trees and water, and vintage summer recreation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Colorado Springs scenes, then broader 1970s mountain lake, park, shoreline, and family travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing trees beside blue water with snow-dusted mountains in the distance and small shoreline figures barely visible. — Trees, water, and distant mountains from a lakeside viewpoint.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame with a row of trees on the shore, calm blue water behind them, and hazy snow-capped mountains beyond. — Tree-lined shore with mountain backdrop.

1973 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing a lakeside row of trees, a blue band of water, and distant mountains softened by grain and color shift. — Soft 8mm view across shoreline trees to mountains.

1973 Colorado Springs 8mm frame holding on shoreline trees, blue water, small distant visitors, and a snow-capped mountain backdrop under a partly cloudy sky. — Shoreline trees with water and snow-capped mountains beyond.

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