Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: A Calm Panning Shot Of Some Plains And A Treeline

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

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A Calm Panning Shot Of Some Plains And A Treeline — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this clip captures a serene, panning view of the Yellowstone, Wyoming landscape. The camera moves slowly across a sun-drenched field of golden grass, framed by dark window edges. In the distance, a treeline of evergreen trees borders a small settlement nestled against rolling hills under a pale blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, faded colors, and a nostalgic, tranquil atmosphere, evoking mid-century American rural life.

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: 123479792

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

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 American travel or rural landscape sequences needing a quiet Yellowstone-area plains and treeline establishing view.
Period detail: The visible color 8mm look, distant settlement, open fields, and sparse rural horizon may show mid-century visitor-shot landscape documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The slow pan and window-like dark frame edges suggest an unstaged traveler observing scenery from a sheltered or vehicle-adjacent position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include golden grass, low green foreground, evergreen trees, distant buildings, rolling hills, pale sky, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld panning give the clip a tactile 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a calm establishing insert, reflective transition, rural cutaway, or memory beat between travel scenes.
Historical context: The footage situates a Yellowstone-area trip within open western landscape views rather than tourist crowds or recognizable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or property permissions should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1950s 8mm Wyoming plains, Yellowstone landscape home movie, rural treeline pan, and vintage western travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming travel views, then broader mid-century rural landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone-area 8mm frame showing a grassy plain, distant treeline, low hills, and dark window-like borders. — A quiet field and distant treeline sit beneath a pale sky at the start of the pan.

1958 Yellowstone-area landscape view with golden grass, shrubs, distant trees, small settlement shapes, and low hills. — The pan reveals more of the field, shrubs, distant buildings, and a dark evergreen cluster.

1958 Yellowstone-area 8mm frame showing open grassland, a distant settlement, treeline, low hill, and pale sky. — A distant settlement and tree line appear beyond the sunlit grassland.

1958 Yellowstone-area panning frame with grassland, foreground shrubs, dense trees, distant buildings, and low hills. — The closing frame holds on shrubs and dense trees with distant buildings along the horizon.

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