Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Steam Coming Out Of An Underground Vent Likely

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

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Steam Coming Out Of An Underground Vent Likely — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures steam erupting from a geothermal vent in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The grainy, monochrome image shows thick plumes of steam rising from a rocky fissure, with natural light illuminating the mist against dark rock formations. The raw, unfiltered quality of the Super 8 home movie conveys the raw power of nature, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century natural history documentation. This archival clip is ideal for documentaries, educational content, or nostalgic storytelling about America'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: 123482027

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: Supports 1950s documentary or educational requests for Yellowstone geothermal activity, natural steam vents, and visitor-shot national park landscape inserts.
Period detail: The 8mm source and soft color, grain, and exposure shifts support a late-1950s home-movie look, though the frames show only rock, steam, and film borders.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the steam plume and rocky vent as a brief observation of a natural park feature rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense white steam, rough gray rock, a dark vent opening, black film borders, soft green-blue exposure in one frame, and heavy film grain.
Film character: The footage has an 8mm archival texture with visible grain, uneven exposure, soft focus, gate edges, and slight color variation across the short shot.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a geothermal cutaway, nature insert, transition into a national park sequence, or atmospheric memory beat for mid-century travel footage.
Historical context: The frames document how a mid-century home-movie camera recorded Yellowstone geothermal scenery, emphasizing steam and rock formations without people or park signage visible.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any broader park-use requirements should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant search phrasing includes 1958 8mm Yellowstone steam vent, 1950s home movie geothermal activity, vintage national park steam, and Wyoming volcanic landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone material, then broader vintage geothermal, national park, and volcanic landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm Yellowstone footage begins with a soft, green-blue exposed frame and dark gate edges, with faint geothermal forms barely visible. — Softly exposed opening frame with film borders and faint geothermal scenery.

White geothermal steam rises around rough rock in Yellowstone, with a dark vent area and visible 8mm film grain. — Steam fills the frame around a rough rocky vent area.

Dense Yellowstone geothermal steam drifts across rough rock, partly obscuring the vent area in grainy 1958 8mm footage. — Dense steam drifts across a rocky geothermal feature.

A white steam plume moves behind a large rough rock formation in Yellowstone, framed by dark 8mm gate edges and soft archival grain. — Steam continues behind a prominent rough rock formation.

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