Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Waterfall Cascading Down Mountain Cliff

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

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Waterfall Cascading Down Mountain Cliff — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic waterfall cascading down a rugged mountain cliff in Yellowstone National Park. The footage features a powerful flow of water between steep rock faces, surrounded by evergreen trees and natural wilderness. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera pans across the landscape, offering both close-up views of the rushing water and wider shots of the canyon, showcasing the raw beauty of the American West in the late 1950s.

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: 123481372

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 scenery for documentary, museum, education, or commercial edits needing visitor-shot canyon and waterfall material from the American West.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color home-movie texture, with no visible people, vehicles, signage, or clothing to independently date the scene beyond the 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, moving between scenic viewpoints rather than staged action or formal landscape coverage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a waterfall, steep canyon walls, evergreen trees, rocky cliffs, a distant river channel, pale exposed slopes, and dark film borders.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, muted color, light scratches, and handheld framing typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, travel transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat within a Yellowstone, national parks, or American West sequence.
Historical context: The clip reflects recreational filming of major park landscapes, emphasizing canyon overlooks and waterfall views rather than people or built tourist infrastructure.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any location-specific use requirements for their project.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm waterfall, vintage home movie canyon view, Wyoming national park footage, and mid-century American West landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other material from the same reel, then with 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming park footage, and then with broader vintage waterfall or canyon landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone home-movie view of rocky canyon formations, dark trees, and a sloping meadow seen through soft 8mm film exposure. — Rock formations and evergreens frame a distant canyon view.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a broad waterfall descending through a narrow rocky canyon with forested slopes above. — A waterfall falls between steep canyon walls.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm view of a rugged cliff face with evergreen trees along the ridge and darker trees in the foreground. — A rocky bluff rises behind dense evergreens.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a winding river at the bottom of a steep canyon with pale rock walls and scattered evergreens. — A winding river cuts through a steep canyon.

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