Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Terraced Mineral Formations Against Blue Sky

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

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Terraced Mineral Formations Against Blue Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures the iconic terraced rock formations of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The footage shows layered mineral deposits cascading down in natural steps, with a soft blue sky visible above. The image has a classic Super 8 aesthetic—slightly grainy, with muted earth tones and a nostalgic quality. The camera remains steady, offering a serene view of the geothermal landscape. This archival clip evokes mid-century Americana and is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123481513

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 inserts about national parks, geothermal landscapes, road trips, or mid-century visitor perspectives.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century visitor's view of Yellowstone terraces, with the era supported by the 1958 8mm source metadata rather than visible clothing or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot landmark perspective, holding on mineral terraces and sky without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale terraced rock, mineral ledges, cascading textures, patches of blue sky, dark film borders, soft focus, and muted exposure.
Film character: The scan shows physical 8mm character through grain, gate edges, mild softness, uneven exposure, and slight color fading typical of home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quiet establishing insert, landscape cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition within a Yellowstone or western parks sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects leisure travel documentation of a national park landscape, showing the attraction itself rather than visitor infrastructure or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and location-use needs for their project.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 8mm Yellowstone terraces, vintage home movie geothermal formations, Wyoming national park landscape, and mineral rock steps under blue sky.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Yellowstone material, then other 1958 Wyoming park clips, then broader vintage geothermal or western travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm Yellowstone footage showing pale mineral terraces and stepped rock formations in a soft, grainy frame. — Terraced mineral formations fill the frame in a steady Yellowstone landscape view.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame with layered mineral terraces, soft exposure, and visible film gate edges. — Layered terraces and pale mineral shelves appear in a close landscape view.

1958 8mm Yellowstone view of rounded mineral terrace forms with muted color and home-movie grain. — Rounded mineral formations and terraced ledges dominate the lower-frame view.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing pale terraced rock formations below a small area of blue sky. — A patch of blue sky sits above pale terraced rock formations in the final frame.

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