Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Scenic Mountain Views and Mid-Century Road Trip

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Scenic Mountain Views and Mid-Century Road Trip — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a scenic journey through Yellowstone, Wyoming. The footage begins with sweeping views of snow-capped mountains seen from a moving vehicle, transitioning to a roadside scene with mid-century cars, a man walking, and a large stone lodge nestled against the peaks. The color palette features faded greens, blues, and earth tones typical of 1950s film stock, with natural film grain and slight motion blur. This authentic archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American travel and natural beauty, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or historical storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123480637

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm travel footage for edits needing Yellowstone-area mountain scenery, roadside arrival views, or mid-century American vacation context.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1950s road travel through period cars, modest roadside development, and visitor-shot views of mountains and a large stone lodge.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a traveler’s unstaged viewpoint, moving from distant mountain views to a roadside approach where a man and passing car appear briefly.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snow-capped mountains, open valley land, trees, a road, a pale mid-century car, a walking man, and a large stone lodge-like building.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld or vehicle-based framing typical of home-movie travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, road-trip transition, location-establishing cutaway, or brief memory beat within a mid-century travel sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects leisure travel and scenic sightseeing in the American West without making claims beyond the visible road, vehicles, buildings, and mountain setting.
Research note: People are visible at small scale, and copyright clearance should be assessed separately from likeness, location, and any property-related permissions.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1950s Yellowstone 8mm road trip, Wyoming mountain home movie, mid-century car travel, and vintage lodge approach footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel footage, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming clips, then broader 1950s American road-trip and mountain-scenery material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm travel frame showing distant Yellowstone-area mountains across an open valley, seen through dark foreground edges. — Distant mountain range and valley viewed from a moving travel perspective.

Yellowstone-area mountain landscape on 8mm film, with a broad valley and dark vertical framing from the shooting position. — Broad mountain view across valley land, framed by dark vertical edges.

1958 Yellowstone-area roadside view with a stone lodge-like building, mountain backdrop, pale car, and one visible man. — Roadside approach to a large building with mountains behind and a car on the road.

Mid-century road approach in the Yellowstone area, showing a pale car, large stone lodge-like building, trees, and mountains. — Car travels along a road toward a large stone building beneath mountain peaks.

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