Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Terraced Rock Formations at Mammoth Hot Springs

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

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Terraced Rock Formations at Mammoth Hot Springs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures a dramatic view of Yellowstone's iconic terraced rock formations, likely the Mammoth Hot Springs. The layered, mineral-rich cliffs display a mix of white, gray, and subtle yellow tones, with steam rising from the geothermal features. The camera pans slowly across the rugged landscape, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the park's natural beauty. The grainy texture and soft color palette are characteristic of mid-century home movies, evoking a sense of quiet exploration and historical wonder.

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: 123481499

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 travel footage suited to documentary or museum sequences needing a brief visitor-shot view of geothermal terrace formations.
Period detail: The soft color, 8mm frame texture, and distant roadside vantage support a late-1950s home-movie record of a national park landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged tourist viewpoint, with the camera lingering on mineral terraces rather than presenting a formal scenic postcard composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale terraced rock, mineral-stained ledges, shallow water or wet ground, steam or haze, dark canyon slopes, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has pronounced 8mm grain, soft focus, slight exposure shifts, and contact-sheet density variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, location insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into a broader Yellowstone or geothermal landscape sequence.
Historical context: The frames document mid-century park sightseeing at a geothermal terrace area, with no people or vehicles visible in these sampled stills.
Research note: No faces, logos, or music are indicated, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or property permissions for their use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm footage, Mammoth Hot Springs terraces home movie, vintage geothermal landscape, and 1950s national park travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone material, then broader 1950s national park or geothermal landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing pale geothermal terraces, mineral ledges, wet ground, and darker hillside forms beyond. — Terraced mineral formations and wet foreground seen from a visitor vantage.

Yellowstone home-movie still showing layered pale terrace formations and a flat wet foreground, with soft 8mm color and grain. — Layered terrace face and mineral-stained ground in a Yellowstone landscape shot.

1958 Yellowstone frame with pale mineral terraces filling the view and darker rugged terrain along the right edge. — Pale mineral terraces fill the frame with rugged darker rock nearby.

Yellowstone 8mm still showing a brighter terrace section with horizontal mineral shelves, darker deposits, and wet lower ground. — Bright mineral shelves and darker deposits across a geothermal terrace face.

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