Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Geothermal Terraces And Steaming Hot Springs

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

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Geothermal Terraces And Steaming Hot Springs — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures the geothermal wonder of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The clip shows a steaming hot spring with mineral-rich terraces and a cascading thermal stream flowing over rocky slopes under a dramatic, cloudy sky. The natural landscape features earthy tones of beige, brown, and gray, with steam rising from the geothermal activity. The grainy texture and color saturation are characteristic of mid-century home movie film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into America's natural heritage.

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: 123481618

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 geothermal landscape footage for documentary inserts, museum programs, education edits, or commercial cutaways needing vintage national park scenery.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century color home-movie texture, handheld framing, and undeveloped geothermal terrain, with the 1958 date supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on mineral terraces, steam, and open sky without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale mineral terraces, rocky slopes, steaming thermal runoff, dark mountain ridges, cloudy sky, and soft film-edge shadows.
Film character: The footage has grainy 8mm color, soft focus, uneven exposure, slight gate shadow, and handheld composition that read as physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Yellowstone establishing insert, geothermal cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition between broader national park sequences.
Historical context: The views place Yellowstone geothermal features within a mid-century tourist home-movie record, emphasizing landscape observation rather than visitor activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or park-permit requirements separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm footage, vintage Wyoming hot springs, mid-century national park home movie, and geothermal terraces archive.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader vintage national park and geothermal landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing pale geothermal terraces, steam, rocky slope, and dark clouded sky. — Steam rises from mineral terraces on a rocky Yellowstone geothermal slope.

1958 Yellowstone view of a pale thermal stream crossing rocky terraces below a dark mountain ridge and clouded sky. — A pale thermal stream cuts across rocky terraces below a dark ridge.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing pale mineral flats, scattered rocks, distant ridge, and heavy clouds. — Pale geothermal flats stretch toward a dark ridge under heavy clouds.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing mineral flats, a pale thermal runoff channel, distant ridge, and clouded sky in soft 8mm color. — A pale runoff channel crosses mineral ground below a dark mountain ridge.

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