Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Volcanic Rock Formation With Green Growth

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

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Volcanic Rock Formation With Green Growth — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a rugged volcanic landscape in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The footage shows a prominent dark rock formation surrounded by sparse green shrubs and scattered pine trees under a bright sky. The camera moves slightly, offering different angles of the natural terrain, with visible film grain and color fading characteristic of mid-century home movies. The scene evokes a sense of quiet exploration and natural beauty in the American West.

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: 123480340

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 for documentary, museum, education, or editorial use needing a quiet volcanic-rock terrain view.
Period detail: The color 8mm look, handheld framing, and 1958 metadata may show mid-century visitor-shot footage of Yellowstone's rocky terrain.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering briefly on dark rock forms, low shrubs, and trees rather than presenting a planned scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark volcanic-looking rock, low green growth, scattered pine trees, dry ground, pale sky, and soft home-movie framing.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, slight softness, faded color, and minor handheld movement consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Yellowstone cutaway, natural-terrain insert, travel-memory transition, or quiet establishing beat.
Historical context: The frames document a mid-century recreational view of rugged park terrain without visible people, signage, vehicles, or built structures.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any land-use permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm Yellowstone rock formation, vintage Wyoming volcanic landscape, and home movie pine trees and shrubs.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader vintage Western landscape and geological terrain scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a dark rock outcrop amid green shrubs and scattered trees. — Dark volcanic-looking rock rises behind low green growth and trees.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame of jagged dark rock surrounded by sparse vegetation and trees. — Jagged rock and sparse greenery fill the center of the landscape view.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing dark rock with a small shadowed opening and surrounding shrubs. — A dark rock formation with a small opening sits among shrubs and trees.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame looking across rocky ground, shrubs, trees, and the edge of a dark rock formation. — The view shifts across low vegetation and rocky ground toward trees and rock at right.

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