Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Old Faithful Geyser Erupts With Tourists Watching

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

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Old Faithful Geyser Erupts With Tourists Watching — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures the iconic Old Faithful geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The sequence begins with steam rising from the geothermal mound, followed by the powerful geyser shooting a towering plume of water and steam into the sky. A crowd of tourists, dressed in period attire, watches the natural spectacle from a viewing area. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering an authentic slice of mid-century Americana and natural wonder.

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: 123482040

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Yellowstone home-movie footage for documentary or museum edits needing Old Faithful eruption views with visitors in period clothing.
Period detail: The viewing crowd and color 8mm look may show mid-century park tourism, with brimmed hats, light summer clothing, and a low public viewing area visible near the geyser.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, watching steam build and the eruption rise from a tourist viewing position rather than a staged scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the geyser mound, rising steam, an eruption plume, a dark tree line, a low viewing barrier, tourists, hats, and weathered film borders.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld framing that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition into mid-century national park tourism or geothermal landscape material.
Historical context: The footage documents tourists gathering at a marked viewing area for a well-known Yellowstone geyser, reflecting public park visitation as seen through a family-film camera.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so copyright, likeness, and any location-use questions should be reviewed separately before publication or commercial use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 8mm Yellowstone Old Faithful eruption, mid-century tourists at geyser, Wyoming national park home movie, and vintage geothermal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming park footage, then broader 1950s American road-trip and national park tourism material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing steam drifting from the Old Faithful geyser mound with a low barrier in front. — Steam gathers around the geyser mound before the main eruption.

1958 Yellowstone frame of the Old Faithful geyser mound with steam building under a pale sky. — Steam continues to rise from the geyser mound in a steady pre-eruption view.

1958 Yellowstone home-movie frame with the geyser mound low in view and steam spreading across the sky. — The geyser mound sits low in frame as steam drifts across the scene.

1958 Yellowstone frame showing Old Faithful erupting while a distant crowd of tourists watches from the viewing area. — Tourists watch Old Faithful erupt in front of a dark forested backdrop.

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