Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1974: Old School Building By Lake

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

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Old School Building By Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1974, showing a scenic lakeside view with a large, historic building featuring a prominent tower. The clip captures the building across a calm lake, framed by a line of trees with autumnal yellow and green foliage under a bright blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics, including natural grain, slightly faded color saturation, and a distinct dark border. In the final frame, a silhouetted figure appears in the foreground, adding a human element to the nostalgic landscape. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or projects exploring 1970s Americana and vintage home movie aesthetics.

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: 120967561

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: 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 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

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: Archival 1970s 8mm footage for productions needing a quiet Colorado Springs lakeside establishing view with a historic-looking towered building and visitor-shot atmosphere.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm frame edges, autumn foliage, and 1974 metadata support a mid-1970s home-movie view, while the building itself should be identified cautiously unless independently confirmed.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged tourist or local-visitor perspective, observing the building across the lake before a silhouetted person enters the foreground at the water's edge.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a calm lake, tree-lined shoreline, large towered building, blue sky, autumn yellow-green foliage, dark 8mm frame borders, and a silhouetted seated figure in the final frame.
Film character: The footage shows natural 8mm grain, slight softness, saturated blue water and sky, minor exposure variation, and dark scan borders that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, reflective transition, regional cutaway, or memory beat for 1970s Colorado Springs and leisure-travel sequences.
Historical context: The view suggests a landscaped lakeside institution or resort-like setting in Colorado Springs, with the social context limited to exterior scenery and a brief human silhouette rather than documented activity.
Research note: A person is visible in silhouette in the final frame, so likeness review may be needed, and the towered building should be checked separately for property, location, and copyright considerations.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1974 Colorado Springs 8mm lake building, vintage home movie towered lakeside building, 1970s Colorado scenic lake, and Super 8 autumn shoreline cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1974 Colorado Springs exteriors, and then with broader 1970s lake, travel, landmark, and home-movie scenic material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1974 Colorado Springs 8mm frame showing a large towered building partly visible across a calm lake behind a line of autumn trees. — Towered lakeside building behind autumn trees.

1974 Colorado Springs home-movie view across blue water toward autumn trees and a towered building at the edge of the frame. — Lake view with building at the shoreline edge.

8mm Colorado Springs lakeside view from 1974, with autumn trees reflected near the shore and the towered building partly cropped at right. — Autumn shoreline with partial towered building.

Final 1974 Colorado Springs frame with a silhouetted seated figure in the foreground and a large towered lakeside building across the water. — Silhouetted lakeside figure facing the towered building.

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