Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Panoramic View of Volcanic Landscape and Pine Forests

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

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Panoramic View of Volcanic Landscape and Pine Forests — 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 a vast, rugged landscape of black volcanic rock and scorched earth, dotted with resilient green pine trees. The camera pans across the dramatic terrain, showcasing the stark contrast between the dark, barren slopes and the distant forested horizon under a bright blue sky. The grainy texture and color palette of the Super 8 film evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and natural wonder.

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: 123480158

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: 1950s 8mm Yellowstone landscape footage suited to documentary inserts about national parks, geology, travel, or mid-century American tourism.
Period detail: The footage may show a 1958 visitor view of dark volcanic ground, sparse pine growth, and distant forested horizons, with no visible people, vehicles, or signage to date the scene independently.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor-shot perspective, lingering on scenery rather than action as the camera records a brief panoramic look across the terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black volcanic slopes, scattered pines, distant forest, blue sky, a low horizon, eroded ground, and a crater-like depression.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and handheld framing that give the landscape a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a brief scenic cutaway, transitional landscape insert, or memory beat within a sequence on Yellowstone, volcanic terrain, or road-trip travel.
Historical context: The frames reflect a mid-century recreational gaze toward protected western landscapes, emphasizing broad terrain and natural features over built visitor infrastructure.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright, park-location identification, and project-specific rights needs separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm Yellowstone landscape, vintage home movie volcanic terrain, black lava field pine forest, and national park scenic pan.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone views, then broader vintage national park or volcanic landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a dark volcanic hillside, sparse pines, and a distant forested horizon. — A dark volcanic slope overlooks scattered pines and a broad distant forest.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame with black volcanic ground rising across the foreground and pines on the distant horizon. — Black volcanic ground rises toward a line of pines beneath a pale sky.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a dark hillside, scattered trees, and hazy forest stretching into the distance. — Sparse pines break up the dark hillside with a hazy forest beyond.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing dark volcanic terrain, an eroded crater-like depression, and a ridge under bright sky. — An eroded hollow cuts into the dark volcanic terrain below a bright sky.

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