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 Old Faithful geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The powerful plume of steam and water rises against a cloudy sky, framed by dense evergreen forests. In the final frames, a crowd of tourists in 1950s attire watches the natural spectacle from a viewing platform. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight motion blur, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century American tourism 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: 123482146

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: Useful for 1950s editorial sequences about Yellowstone tourism, U.S. national parks, geothermal landscapes, or mid-century family travel.
Period detail: The distant visitors and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1950s travel context, though clothing details are only faintly visible.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on Old Faithful's eruption rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall geyser plume, drifting steam, cloudy sky, dark evergreen forest, film-frame borders, and distant tourists near the viewing area.
Film character: Soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the footage a physical home-movie archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Yellowstone insert, travel-memory beat, natural-wonder cutaway, or transition into a national parks sequence.
Historical context: The scene shows mid-century park visitors watching a well-known geothermal landmark from a public viewing area in Yellowstone.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 8mm Yellowstone footage, Old Faithful geyser eruption, vintage national park tourists, and mid-century U.S. travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Yellowstone or 1958 park material, then broader vintage tourism and natural-landmark footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm Yellowstone footage shows Old Faithful erupting, with steam rising against cloudy sky and forest. — Old Faithful begins rising in a soft, grainy 8mm frame bordered by the film gate.

Old Faithful erupts in Yellowstone, with the white plume framed by trees, clouds, and 8mm film borders. — The geyser plume grows taller above the forested horizon.

The Yellowstone geyser plume thickens in the 8mm frame, with steam drifting in front of dark trees. — Steam spreads and softens the view of the forest behind the eruption.

Old Faithful erupts in Yellowstone as small distant tourists watch near the lower edge of the 8mm frame. — Distant visitors watch the geyser as the steam plume drifts across the scene.

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