Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Nature Video Showcases A Deep Water Spring With

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

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Nature Video Showcases A Deep Water Spring With — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures an underwater view of a deep spring in Yellowstone National Park. The footage reveals a murky, blue-green aquatic environment with visible sediment and faint shapes moving beneath the surface. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a natural spring ecosystem. The scene is calm and immersive, with subtle shifts in light and shadow suggesting gentle water movement. This archival clip provides authentic, unfiltered footage of Yellowstone's geothermal features, ideal for historical or nature documentaries.

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: 123482011

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 nature footage suited to documentary inserts about springs, park landscapes, geothermal tourism, or archival views of natural water features.
Period detail: The frames show no datable clothing, vehicles, signs, or structures, so the 1958 period cue rests on the supplied film metadata and the physical 8mm home-movie look.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing the spring water closely rather than staging action or narration.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include blue-green water, pale mineral or rock surfaces, darker submerged shapes, suspended sediment, soft shadows, film grain, and frame-edge darkness.
Film character: The footage has a soft 8mm texture with visible grain, muted blue-green color, slight exposure variation, and contact-print edge darkness.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature cutaway, quiet transition, or atmospheric insert within a Yellowstone, geology, travel, or memory sequence.
Historical context: The view suggests mid-century home-movie attention to Yellowstone's natural features, with the camera lingering on water texture and underwater forms.
Research note: No people, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any park filming or location-use questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm Yellowstone spring, vintage underwater spring footage, blue-green mineral water home movie, and 1950s national park nature film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Yellowstone material, then with archival nature, water, spring, and national park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing murky blue-green spring water, pale rock surfaces, and darker forms beneath the surface. — Murky spring water and pale underwater rock fill the frame.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm view of a deep spring with pale mineral or rock surfaces and shadowed underwater shapes. — A shadowed underwater form appears beside pale spring rock.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a pale foreground ledge, cloudy water, and darker submerged contours in a spring. — Pale rock edges and dark submerged contours show through cloudy water.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame of murky spring water with faint rock textures, sediment, and darker underwater shadows. — Faint rock textures and sediment remain visible in the blue-green water.

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