Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Scenic View Of Rocky Lava Fields And Green Hills

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

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Scenic View Of Rocky Lava Fields And Green Hills — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic volcanic landscape in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The footage reveals rugged, dark lava fields with jagged rock formations rising from the scorched earth, contrasted against rolling green hills under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. The camera pans slowly across the desolate terrain, highlighting the stark beauty of the geothermal region. This authentic Super 8 home movie offers a nostalgic glimpse of America's natural wonders, with visible film grain and color saturation typical of mid-century amateur footage.

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: 123480035

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: 1950s 8mm scenic footage for edits needing Yellowstone volcanic terrain, rocky cutaways, or mid-century national park landscape atmosphere.
Period detail: The 1958 dating is supported by metadata, while the frames themselves mainly show period home-movie color, handheld framing, and undeveloped volcanic ground.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, slowly observing unusual rock formations and green hills without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark lava rock, jagged stone formations, green hills, distant ridgelines, blue sky, white clouds, and sparse low vegetation.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, saturated color, and slight frame-edge darkness typical of scanned mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, geographic transition, landscape cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a travel or park-history sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a home-movie camera in a volcanic Yellowstone landscape, showing how a 1950s visitor recorded terrain and scenery rather than people.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and location-related permissions for their specific use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm lava field, vintage Wyoming volcanic landscape, home movie national park scenery, and green hills rock formations.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader 1950s national park and volcanic landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a dark volcanic slope, scattered low plants, and blue sky. — Rocky volcanic ground rises toward a dark hillside beneath clear sky.

1958 Yellowstone frame with dark lava formations silhouetted against rolling green hills and bright clouds. — Jagged rock forms sit in front of green hills and a partly cloudy sky.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie view of dark volcanic rocks across rough ground with green hills beyond. — The camera frames dark rock shapes across the volcanic field with hills behind.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing a wider volcanic landscape with dark rocks, rolling green hills, and bright clouds. — A wider view shows lava rocks spread across the foreground below green hills.

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