Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Sand And Gravel With A Lone Plant

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

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Sand And Gravel With A Lone Plant — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures a close-up view of textured sand and gravel at Yellowstone National Park. The camera slowly pans across the rugged terrain, revealing fine grains, small stones, and a lone green plant emerging from the earth. The natural, unfiltered look of the Super 8 home movie showcases the raw beauty of the landscape with authentic film grain and warm, earthy tones. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century nature exploration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123480222

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 terrain footage suited for documentary cutaways about national park landscapes, geology, travel, or mid-century outdoor observation.
Period detail: The frames show no date-specific objects, but the 1958 8mm source may show a mid-century visitor's close study of Yellowstone ground texture.
Home-movie behavior: The camera stays close to the earth, giving the scene the personal, observational feel of a traveler filming a small natural detail rather than a staged vista.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include granular sand, scattered gravel, small stones, dark vertical film-frame edges, a low mound, a tiny green plant, and warm brown-gray terrain.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, gate edges, and slight handheld movement that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet insert, transition, or texture cutaway between wider Yellowstone travel scenes or environmental memory beats.
Historical context: The clip records a modest ground-level detail from a Yellowstone visit, emphasizing ordinary landscape observation over monuments or visitor activity.
Research note: No people, logos, interiors, or private property are visible, but users should still review source rights and location-use context separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s 8mm Yellowstone ground texture, vintage national park gravel close-up, lone plant in sand, and home movie nature cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then with broader national park geology and plant-life cutaways.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing soft, grainy close-up texture of sand, pebbles, and dark gate edges. — Gravelly Yellowstone ground fills the frame in a close, textured view.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame with rocky sand, small gray stones, and a dark central film or shadow band. — The camera passes over rough sand and scattered stones with a dark vertical band in view.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing gravelly soil and a low rounded mound near the bottom edge. — A low mound enters the foreground beneath coarse sand and gravel.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a lone small green plant emerging from gravelly sand near a low mound. — A small green plant stands out against gravelly Yellowstone ground.

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