Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Mountain Scenery And Rugged Terrain Viewed From Car Window

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYellowstone, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Mountain Scenery And Rugged Terrain Viewed From Car Window — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures sweeping views of Yellowstone National Park's rugged mountain landscape. The footage reveals layered rock formations and rolling hills under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, viewed through a dark frame likely from a car window. The natural terrain features sparse green vegetation and small plants dotting the arid slopes. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation typical of mid-century home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the American West. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, and nostalgic content about 1950s travel and nature.

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: 123446130

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Yellowstone, Wyoming, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves 1950s American West travel documentary needs, road-trip-era sequence inserts, or period nature programming requiring authentic mid-century Wyoming landscape footage.
Period detail: The warm, slightly saturated 8mm color palette and visible car-window framing are consistent with late-1950s amateur travel film; no modern structures visible in any frame.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a moving vehicle window, this footage captures the spontaneous roadside perspective of a family tourist; the eroded buttes scroll past as a 1950s traveler would have experienced them.
What appears in frame: Four nearly-continuous frames show eroded badlands-style buttes, layered grey-tan sedimentary rock, sparse low vegetation, blue sky with scattered cumulus, and dark car-window edges framing the view.
Film character: The 8mm stock shows mild grain, slightly oversaturated blues and warm earth tones, with minor flicker between frames, characteristic of mid-century amateur color reversal film.
Edit role: Works as a moving landscape cutaway or road-trip transition insert; the continuous window-framed pan makes it a natural interstitial between travel scenes.
Historical context: The late 1950s saw a surge in American family automobile tourism; this car-window perspective documents that cultural moment as much as the landscape itself.
Research note: No people, faces, or identifiable private property visible; no music flagged; standard editorial copyright review applies, no likeness clearances anticipated.
Research search match: Researchers may use terms such as '1950s Wyoming road trip film,' 'vintage Yellowstone 8mm landscape,' 'American West home movie,' or 'mid-century car window travel footage.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel for continuity; then with Wyoming or Yellowstone travel footage from the same era; then with 1950s American road-trip or national park home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Layered grey and tan eroded buttes in Wyoming, ca. 1958, shot through a car window on 8mm color film with scattered clouds overhead — Rugged eroded terrain, Wyoming, 1958, shot from car window on 8mm film

Eroded badlands-style buttes in Wyoming, ca. 1958, car-window view showing layered rock formations under partly cloudy blue sky — Layered eroded rock formations, Wyoming, 1958

Broader panorama of eroded Wyoming buttes, ca. 1958, showing green low vegetation at the base of grey-tan formations, shot through car window on 8mm film — Eroded buttes and valley floor, Wyoming, 1958

Eroded rock formations and scrubland in Wyoming, ca. 1958, framed by dark car window edges, 8mm color film showing warm saturation — Rocky buttes and scrubland, Wyoming, 1958

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