Colorado USA-1959: Child Scared And Running Down The Hill In The Dusk

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Year1959
Decade1950s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Child Scared And Running Down The Hill In The Dusk — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Colorado USA in 1959 captures a dimly lit, eerie dusk scene on a grassy hillside. A small child in light-colored clothing runs across the frame, appearing frightened, near a dark, box-like structure. The image is grainy and heavily shadowed with a distinct blue-purple tint, characteristic of old film stock. The shot is taken from inside a vehicle, with the dashboard visible at the bottom. The low-light conditions and shaky camera movement contribute to a mysterious, unsettling atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121131950

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 home-movie requests needing a brief uneasy dusk insert with a small running figure and strong amateur-film atmosphere.
Period detail: The scene may show a late-1950s roadside or hillside setting, with era context supported by the 1959 8mm source metadata rather than clear visual markers.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged, handheld glimpse from inside a vehicle as a small figure moves across a shadowed grassy slope.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark hillside, pale road or curb, small running figure, box-like structure, scattered rocks or shrubs, and a vehicle edge at the bottom.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, low dusk exposure, blue-purple color shift, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short memory beat, uneasy transition, or cutaway for childhood, dusk, rural travel, or ambiguous home-movie atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for informal family filming in a rural or roadside Colorado setting without supporting a specific event or landmark claim.
Research note: People appear at a distance, so likeness review is advised; copyright, privacy, and possible property considerations should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1959 Colorado 8mm home movie, child running at dusk, eerie hillside footage, or shadowed roadside family film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Colorado 1959 home movies, then clips about dusk, childhood movement, or unsettling rural scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1959 Colorado 8mm frame showing a shadowed grassy hillside, a small distant figure, a dark box-like structure, and a vehicle edge below. — A small figure stands or moves on a dark hillside above a pale road edge.

Shadowed 1959 Colorado home-movie frame with a small figure on the hillside, a dark structure, scattered ground detail, and road edge below. — The small figure appears on the slope near a dark box-like structure.

Low-light 8mm frame from Colorado, 1959, showing a small distant figure on a dark grassy slope above a bright road edge. — A distant figure is visible on the lower part of the shadowed slope.

1959 Colorado 8mm frame with a small distant figure near the right edge of a shadowed hillside above a pale roadside foreground. — The figure moves toward the right edge of the dusk hillside frame.

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