Colorado USA-1959: The Highest Point On The Trail Ridge Road (Over 12,183 Ft)

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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The Highest Point On The Trail Ridge Road (Over 12,183 Ft) — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1959 captures the iconic black sign marking the highest point on Trail Ridge Road at 12,183 feet. The grainy, color-saturated film shows the sign mounted on a stone post against a backdrop of rugged mountain peaks and expansive alpine terrain under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with natural film grain, slight color fading, and subtle camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of a high-altitude mountain destination. The final frame reveals the rocky summit landscape, emphasizing the remote and elevated location.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121131902

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Colorado home-movie footage suited to documentary requests for Trail Ridge Road, alpine elevation travel, and visitor-shot mountain landmark inserts.
Period detail: The roadside elevation sign and color 8mm look support a late-1950s travel-film context, with the 1959 Colorado date supplied by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves a visitor's handheld pause on a roadside summit marker rather than a staged scenic view, useful for everyday travel memory.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the black elevation sign, white lettering, stone support, alpine tundra, rocky ground, distant rounded mountains, blue sky, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, gate edges, and small handheld variations give the short shot a clear physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a location-establishing insert, travel transition, altitude reference, or brief memory beat before wider Rocky Mountain scenery.
Historical context: The footage shows mid-century automobile-era mountain sightseeing at a marked high point, while broader road or park history should be verified separately.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any sign or land-management considerations still require review.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1959 Colorado 8mm Trail Ridge Road sign, highest point elevation marker, Rocky Mountain alpine road home movie, and vintage mountain travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1959 Colorado or Trail Ridge Road footage, and finally with high-altitude road-trip and Rocky Mountain travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Colorado 8mm frame showing the Trail Ridge Road highest point elevation sign mounted on a stone post in open alpine terrain. — Highest Point Trail Ridge Road sign at 12,183 feet, seen against mountain terrain.

Visitor-shot 1959 Colorado frame with the 12,183-foot Trail Ridge Road sign centered before rugged high-country slopes. — The 12,183-foot Trail Ridge Road marker fills the frame with mountains beyond.

1959 Colorado 8mm shot of the highest point sign on Trail Ridge Road, with soft grain and alpine landscape in the background. — Close home-movie view of the Trail Ridge Road highest point sign.

Final 1959 Colorado frame showing the Trail Ridge Road elevation marker slightly off-center against open alpine hills. — The roadside high-point marker appears off-center as the mountain backdrop remains visible.

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