Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Outside Close Up And Shaky View Of The Mountains

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

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Outside Close Up And Shaky View Of The Mountains — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a shaky, close-up view of rugged mountain terrain in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The footage reveals a steep, rocky slope with dark volcanic soil and sparse green vegetation clinging to the incline. The camera moves unsteadily across the landscape, offering an intimate, immersive perspective of the natural environment. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, with a slightly faded palette typical of mid-century home movies. This authentic archival footage evokes a sense of exploration and nostalgia, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123480268

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 Yellowstone mountain-terrain footage for documentary inserts needing a brief visitor-shot view of rugged volcanic slopes and sparse vegetation.
Period detail: The 1958 home-movie metadata and 8mm color texture support a mid-century travel record, while the frames themselves show only natural rocky terrain without dated built features.
Home-movie behavior: The unsteady close framing suggests a visitor pausing to record a steep mountainside rather than staging a composed landscape view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark rocky slopes, reddish-brown volcanic-looking soil, loose boulders, sparse green shrubs, a few conifer silhouettes, pale sky, and film gate borders.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, handheld shake, and contact-print framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, terrain insert, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader Yellowstone or western mountain sequences.
Historical context: The view records mid-century leisure travel attention to undeveloped western landscape, but the frames do not identify a specific Yellowstone landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, interiors, or private property are visible, though copyright, location verification, and any broader production clearance should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 8mm Yellowstone mountain slope, Wyoming volcanic terrain home movie, shaky vintage nature cutaway, and mid-century western landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming clips, then broader 1950s western mountain and national park travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a steep rocky slope with dark volcanic-looking soil, scattered stones, sparse vegetation, and film borders. — Steep rocky mountainside with sparse vegetation and a pale sky above.

1958 Yellowstone frame with a close handheld view of reddish and dark rocky terrain, loose boulders, a small green shrub, and exposed slope. — Close handheld view of rugged volcanic-looking hillside and sparse plant growth.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing dark rocky incline, reddish exposed slope, scattered stones, conifer silhouettes, and pale sky. — Dark rocky incline with reddish slope and trees silhouetted along the terrain.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing a shaky close view of rocky mountain terrain, sparse green vegetation, loose stones, and dark film gate borders. — Sparse shrub and loose rocks on a steep, dark volcanic-looking slope.

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