Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Smoke On A Volcano With Blue General Colors And

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

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Smoke On A Volcano With Blue General Colors And — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958 at Yellowstone National Park, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic volcanic plume rising into the sky. The scene is dominated by thick, billowing smoke in deep blue and gray tones, with a hazy, atmospheric quality. The footage shows the smoke expanding across the frame, with subtle shifts in density and light, creating a moody, natural spectacle. The grainy texture and color palette reflect the era's film stock, offering authentic archival footage of a geothermal event.

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: 123482003

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 footage suited to documentary requests for geothermal landscape, volcanic-looking steam, or atmospheric National Park cutaways.
Period detail: The visible period clue is the soft blue 8mm color and home-movie exposure rather than clothing, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching a distant geothermal plume or smoke column across a natural landscape without staged action.
What appears in frame: Frames show blue sky, dense smoke or steam, dark horizon shapes, pale ground or water reflections, frame edges, and visible film grain.
Film character: The footage has strong 8mm grain, blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for Yellowstone geology, volcanic imagery, smoke, steam, or archival travel atmosphere.
Historical context: The scene places a mid-century home-movie camera on a natural Yellowstone view, emphasizing landscape observation rather than identifiable people or activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location context, and any claim that the plume is volcanic should still be checked.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm geothermal steam, blue smoke plume home movie, vintage National Park landscape, and archival geyser atmosphere.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Yellowstone footage, then other 1958 Wyoming National Park clips, then broader 1950s geothermal or smoke landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame with a blue-gray smoke or steam plume rising behind a dark natural horizon. — Blue smoke or steam gathers above a dark Yellowstone landscape.

Blue-green 8mm view of a dark smoke or steam mass above pale Yellowstone terrain. — A dark plume stands against a blue-green sky and pale ground.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a soft blue landscape with a dark smoke or steam shape and pale reflection. — A dark plume shape appears over a hazy blue reflective landscape.

Final 1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame with blue-gray haze, faint smoke texture, and indistinct natural terrain. — Blue-gray haze and soft smoke texture fill the closing frame.

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