Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Geothermal Lake View With Steam Rising on Opposite Shore

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

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Geothermal Lake View With Steam Rising on Opposite Shore — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene view of a turquoise geothermal lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Steam rises heavily from the opposite shore, partially obscuring the forested background. A few visitors stand along the distant edge, dwarfed by the vast natural landscape. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and subtle film damage, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American nature tourism.

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: 123481904

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet Yellowstone geothermal lake view with steam and distant visitors.
Period detail: The clip may show mid-century national park tourism through distant visitors standing along a geothermal shoreline, with no readable signs, vehicles, or clothing details visible.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds a visitor-shot view across the water, treating the steam, shore, and tiny figures as a travel-memory scene rather than a staged setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turquoise water, pale mineral shoreline, rising steam, forested background, distant visitors, dark film borders, and surface texture in the foreground.
Film character: The footage has an 8mm home-movie look with soft focus, visible grain, mild color shift, gate edges, and intermittent film wear that support its archival texture.
Edit role: Editors could use this as a contemplative cutaway, travel insert, location transition, or memory beat within a sequence about Yellowstone or American park visits.
Historical context: The scene places visitors at a distance from an active geothermal landscape, reflecting leisure viewing of national park scenery without showing identifiable visitor activity.
Research note: People are visible only as small distant figures, so copyright, likeness, location, and any park-use permissions should still be reviewed by the buyer.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1950s Yellowstone 8mm geothermal lake, vintage home movie steam rising over water, and mid-century national park vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Yellowstone views, and then with broader geothermal landscape or national park tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing turquoise geothermal water, pale shore, steam, and a dark film gate edge. — Steam rises beyond a turquoise geothermal pool and pale mineral edge.

1958 Yellowstone frame looking across blue geothermal water toward steam and a pale opposite shore. — A still view across blue water shows steam drifting over the far shore.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame with distant visitors on a pale shore beside heavy geothermal steam. — Small visitors stand on the far shore as steam billows behind them.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing distant visitors along a pale geothermal shore, with blue water and steam behind them. — Visitors appear as small figures along the far edge of the steaming lake.

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