Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Volcanic Landscape With Rocks And Sky

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

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Volcanic Landscape With Rocks And Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures the rugged volcanic landscape of Yellowstone National Park. The footage shows dark, textured lava fields and rocky slopes under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds. The camera pans slowly across the desolate terrain, highlighting the stark contrast between the black volcanic rock and the pale sky. A lone green shrub appears briefly on the hillside, emphasizing the harsh environment. The grainy, slightly faded quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic retro charm, making it ideal for historical documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 123480176

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 home-movie footage for productions needing a brief Yellowstone volcanic-landscape cutaway or nature-history insert.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century color home-movie texture, with no visible buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to date the scene beyond the supplied 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, panning across rugged terrain without staging, narration, or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark volcanic slopes, rough exposed rock, pale blue sky, scattered clouds, a small green shrub, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild fading, handheld framing, and contact-sheet gate edges as part of its archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, landscape cutaway, transition, or environmental memory beat within a Yellowstone or volcanic-terrain sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a tourist-era view of stark volcanic ground and sparse vegetation in Yellowstone without visible visitor infrastructure or human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location-use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 8mm Yellowstone volcanic landscape, vintage home movie lava rocks, Wyoming park terrain, and mid-century nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone material, then broader volcanic-rock or national-park landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing dark volcanic slopes, rough rock, and a pale sky with clouds. — Dark volcanic terrain rises toward a pale clouded sky.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame with dark rocky terrain, a small green shrub, and bright sky beyond the ridge. — A small green shrub stands out against dark volcanic ground.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a sloped volcanic hillside, rough foreground rock, and pale blue sky. — The camera continues across a sloped volcanic hillside.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame centered on a rough volcanic rock outcrop with dark slopes and pale sky behind it. — A jagged rock outcrop fills the foreground of the volcanic landscape.

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