Colorado USA-1959: Archaeological Dig Site with Rock Formations

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Archaeological Dig Site with Rock Formations — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm footage from Colorado USA in 1959 captures an archaeological dig site. The clip opens on close-up, textured rock formations with visible stratification, then pulls back to reveal a wide concrete platform at the excavation. A lone figure in light-colored clothing stands near the rocky cliff face, surveying the area. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, characteristic of home movie footage from the late 1950s. The scene conveys a sense of scientific exploration and historical discovery in a natural, rugged setting.

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: 121131556

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 1704 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Original reel label: 1
Reel-level year note: 1959
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1959 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, 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: Useful for 1950s Colorado archaeology, education, science, or travel sequences needing brief home-movie views of visitors or workers near a rock-walled dig setting.
Period detail: The 1959 date is supported by metadata, while the visible clothing and faded 8mm color may show a late-1950s visitor-shot record of an outdoor excavation area.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged observer quality, with distant people standing or moving quietly while the camera studies rock texture and the open platform below.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include stratified rock walls, a pale flat platform, distant standing figures, dark film borders, soft focus, and aged color shifts.
Film character: The 8mm film character shows heavy grain, muted color, uneven exposure, handheld framing, gate edges, and small scratches that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, location insert, research transition, or memory beat within a sequence about archaeology, geology, education, or Colorado travel.
Historical context: The footage visually places people within a rock-lined excavation or interpretive site, suggesting mid-century public interest in science, history, and regional landscapes without identifying the site.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, access, and site-property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1959 Colorado 8mm archaeological site, vintage home movie dig site, rock wall excavation footage, and mid-century science education travel may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Colorado 1959 material, then with archaeology, geology, museum, education, or Southwestern travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Colorado 8mm frame showing close, textured stratified rock with dark recesses and visible home-movie edge framing. — Close-up of layered rock formations at the start of the clip.

1959 Colorado 8mm view of a pale excavation or viewing platform bordered by rock, with a distant standing figure near the wall. — A distant figure stands near the rock wall above a broad pale platform.

Colorado 1959 home-movie frame showing a rock-lined site, pale ground surface, and partially visible distant people near the frame edges. — The camera frames the rock wall and open ground with people partly visible at the margins.

1959 Colorado 8mm frame with a small distant person on a pale platform beneath a layered rock face at an archaeological site. — A lone distant figure stands against the scale of the rock wall and platform.

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