Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Panoramic View Of Green Fields And Mountains On A Sunny Day

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

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Panoramic View Of Green Fields And Mountains On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping panoramic view of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The footage reveals rolling green fields and rugged mountain ridges under a bright, partly cloudy sky. The camera pans slowly across the landscape, showcasing the natural beauty of the American West with authentic film grain and color saturation typical of mid-century home movies. The dark frame borders suggest the clip was filmed through a window or viewfinder, adding to its nostalgic, personal feel. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse into 1950s outdoor recreation and the untouched wilderness of Yellowstone.

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: 123446162

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 landscape documentary needs — national park tourism history, postwar outdoor recreation, or general vintage nature sequences.
Period detail: 8mm color grain and saturation are consistent with mid-1950s amateur film stocks; no structures, vehicles, or signage visible to further refine the date.
Home-movie behavior: Elevated vantage-point panoramic pan suggests a visitor deliberately recording the scale of the landscape — a classic tourist lookout moment.
What appears in frame: Eroded ridgelines with green gully vegetation, open valley floor, scattered conical buttes, wide overcast sky, dark frame-edge vignetting, and visible film grain.
Film character: Moderate grain with a cool blue-purple cast across mid-ground ridges; dark frame-edge vignetting in each shot is characteristic of 8mm home-movie optics.
Edit role: Works as an establishing wide shot or scenic interstitial in a 1950s Americana, national parks, or American West documentary sequence.
Historical context: National park tourism expanded rapidly in the postwar decade; amateur 8mm filming of landmark visits was a common family practice by the late 1950s.
Research note: No identifiable people, structures, or brand marks visible; copyright rests with the original filmmaker's estate — standard estate and chain-of-title due diligence applies.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1950s Wyoming landscape, vintage national park footage, 8mm American West panorama, or postwar outdoor recreation home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or seller; then with 1950s Wyoming or Montana landscape footage; then with postwar national park tourism sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm color home-movie frame of eroded badlands-style ridgelines above a green valley, Yellowstone area Wyoming, circa 1958. — Eroded ridgelines and green valley floor, panoramic pan begins — circa 1958.

8mm home-movie pan across eroded Wyoming ridgelines; a rocky butte rises on the right horizon, Yellowstone area, circa 1958. — Rocky butte on right horizon as panoramic pan continues — circa 1958.

8mm color wide shot of scattered conical buttes across an open green valley, Yellowstone area Wyoming, circa 1958. — Conical buttes dot the open valley floor as the pan widens — circa 1958.

8mm home-movie pan endpoint: conical buttes and eroded terrain across a wide Wyoming valley, Yellowstone area, circa 1958. — Pan endpoint — buttes and eroded terrain across the open valley — circa 1958.

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