Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1974: Broadmoor Hotel Looms Over Lake With Bell Tower

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Year1974
Decade1970s
LocationColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Broadmoor Hotel Looms Over Lake With Bell Tower — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1974 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, showing the Broadmoor Hotel looming over a calm lake. The iconic white building with its distinctive bell tower stands prominently against a bright blue sky, framed by autumn trees and a dark foreground silhouette. The scene captures the resort's grand architecture and lakeside setting with authentic film grain and color saturation typical of 1970s home movies. The camera remains steady, offering a nostalgic view of this historic landmark.

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: 120967553

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip.

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 1379 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1974
Reel-level location note: vail colorado
Date: 1974 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm Colorado Springs resort exterior footage suited for documentary or museum sequences needing a brief lakeside landmark establishing view.
Period detail: The saturated color, soft 8mm grain, autumn foliage, and mid-century home-movie framing support the supplied 1974 date while the white lakeside hotel and bell tower match the described Broadmoor setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the hotel across the water as a travel memory rather than a staged architectural record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the white multi-story hotel, bell tower, calm lake, tree-lined shore, blue sky, dark foreground framing, and autumn-colored trees.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with visible grain, slight softness, dense blue color, and dark edge silhouettes from the camera position or lens framing.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, location transition, resort-history cutaway, or memory beat in a Colorado travel sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a 1970s tourist gaze toward a prominent Colorado Springs lakeside resort without showing crowds, vehicles, signage, or interior activity.
Research note: No people, faces, children, or logos are visible in the sampled frames, but users should still review copyright, location, and property-context needs for their specific use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1974 Colorado Springs 8mm home movie, Broadmoor Hotel across lake, Colorado resort bell tower, and 1970s travel footage Colorado.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1974 Colorado Springs footage, then with 1970s resort exteriors, lakeside architecture, or western U.S. travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing the Broadmoor Hotel across a lake, with a bell tower, trees, blue sky, and dark foreground framing. — Broadmoor Hotel across the lake.

The Broadmoor Hotel appears across the water in Colorado Springs, with its white facade, tower, shoreline trees, and deep blue 8mm color. — Lakeside resort exterior framed by trees.

A steady 1974 8mm view holds on the Broadmoor Hotel above the lake, with autumn trees along the shore and dark foliage framing the right edge. — Hotel tower above the lake.

The final frame shifts the Broadmoor Hotel toward the right edge, emphasizing the lake, autumn trees, shoreline, and bright Colorado sky. — Lake view with hotel at frame edge.

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