Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Geothermal Pools And Steam In Yellowstone National Park

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

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Geothermal Pools And Steam In Yellowstone National Park — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures the geothermal activity at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The clip shows bubbling thermal pools with vibrant yellow and green microbial mats surrounding steaming water. The surface of the water appears turbulent, with steam rising and the ground showing signs of geothermal heat. The film exhibits natural grain and color shifts typical of Super 8 home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into early 1950s natural landscape documentation. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and nature-themed projects.

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: 123481856

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 footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or editorial sequences needing visitor-shot natural landscape material.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century color 8mm home-movie texture, with no visible people, vehicles, buildings, signs, or other date-specific objects beyond the supplied 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot observation of thermal ground and water, held close to the landscape rather than staged for a formal nature film.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include shallow mineral pools, green and yellow thermal mats, pale crusted edges, dark wet ground, rocky shoreline, rippled water, and film gate borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm grain, slight color fading, uneven exposure, handheld framing, and visible frame divisions that reinforce its physical home-movie source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short Yellowstone insert, environmental cutaway, location transition, or archival memory beat within a geothermal or national park sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a tourist-era view of Yellowstone thermal features, emphasizing surface color, mineral deposits, and steam-area terrain without identifying a specific named pool.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location or park-use requirements for the intended release.
Research search match: Searches such as 1958 8mm Yellowstone geothermal pools, vintage Wyoming thermal springs, mid-century national park home movie, or archival geyser basin footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader 1950s national park and geothermal landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a shallow geothermal pool, yellow-green mineral mats, pale crusted ground, and dark film gate edges. — A visitor-shot view of colored thermal ground and shallow water in Yellowstone.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame of a thermal pool margin with pale mineral crust, green-yellow mats, dark wet ground, and water beyond. — Thermal pool margins with mineral color and dark shoreline texture.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a wider geothermal pool surface, green mineral mats, pale deposits, and a dark rocky bank in the foreground. — A wider home-movie view across colored geothermal water and dark shoreline.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame focused on brown rippled water or wet mineral surface, with soft grain, color shift, and small film marks visible. — Close view of rippled brown thermal surface captured on aged 8mm film.

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