Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Geyser Erupts With Steam Rising Over Rocky Slope

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

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Geyser Erupts With Steam Rising Over Rocky Slope — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic geothermal landscape in Yellowstone National Park. The grainy, monochrome footage shows a steaming geyser or hot spring erupting with plumes of steam rising into the overcast sky. A rocky slope dominates the foreground, with mist rolling across the terrain and dark evergreen trees visible in the distance. The scene conveys the raw power of nature, with the camera holding a steady, observational view of the natural phenomenon. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century travel and the park's geothermal wonders.

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: 123481785

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s documentary or educational edits needing visitor-shot Yellowstone geothermal activity on 8mm film.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century park travel through its 8mm home-movie framing, soft exposure, and distant visitor presence near a geothermal feature.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in a visitor-shot, observational view that holds on steam, runoff, and mineral terrain rather than staging the landscape.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steaming ground, a rocky mineral slope, dark water or runoff, distant evergreens, overcast sky, frame edges, and small distant visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan has heavy grain, gate shadows, flicker, muted contrast, and slight exposure shifts that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Yellowstone insert, geothermal cutaway, travel-memory beat, or atmospheric transition into nature footage.
Historical context: The footage places a home-movie camera in a national-park geothermal setting, showing landscape observation as part of mid-century travel culture.
Research note: Review for copyright status and possible distant likeness issues, though no readable logos, private property, or identifiable faces are visible in these stills.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Yellowstone 8mm geyser footage, vintage home movie geothermal steam, Wyoming national park travel, and rocky hot spring runoff.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader vintage national-park geothermal landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing pale geothermal ground, rocky deposits, dark frame edges, and tiny distant visitors near the upper edge. — Pale mineral terrain and rocky deposits appear beneath dark film-frame edges, with small distant visitors at the top.

1958 Yellowstone frame with pale mineral terrain, scattered rock deposits, dark border shadows, and a small distant visitor near the top. — A small visitor stands near the edge of pale geothermal terrain and scattered rock deposits.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie still showing steam over a dark rocky slope, water or runoff below, and distant evergreen trees under cloudy sky. — Steam drifts across a rocky geothermal slope above dark water or runoff, with evergreens beyond.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing a dark mineral slope, rising steam, water or runoff at the bottom, and distant trees softened by mist. — A dark geothermal slope and rising steam dominate the view, with water below and trees partly obscured.

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