Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Elk in Forest Rummaging Near Fallen Log

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

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Elk in Forest Rummaging Near Fallen Log — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a mature elk with impressive antlers in a dense forest at Yellowstone National Park. The animal moves through the undergrowth, stepping over a fallen log in a natural woodland setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and warm color tones typical of mid-century amateur film. The scene conveys a quiet, observational moment of wildlife in its natural habitat, with the elk appearing alert and cautious. This archival clip offers authentic, unscripted wildlife footage from a bygone era.

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: 123482315

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 Yellowstone wildlife footage for documentary inserts, natural-history context, travel retrospectives, or archival sequences needing an elk in forest cover.
Period detail: The visible era clues come mainly from the 8mm home-movie texture, soft color, and supplied 1958 Yellowstone metadata rather than identifiable built landmarks or dated objects.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the patient, unstaged feel of a visitor filming wildlife from a distance as the elk moves through dense undergrowth.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mature antlered elk, dark forest, green ground cover, fallen pale logs, branches, soft shadows, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows coarse 8mm grain, muted color, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and a handheld observational quality consistent with mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, Yellowstone memory beat, forest transition, or quiet insert within a broader travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene provides visual context for mid-century park wildlife observation, showing an elk encountered in a wooded Yellowstone setting without visible visitor infrastructure.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright status, source permissions, and any location-specific use requirements should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Yellowstone elk footage, 8mm wildlife home movie, antlered elk in forest, and vintage national park animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1958 Yellowstone clips, then broader 1950s national park wildlife or forest animal footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing an antlered elk partly turned away in dense forest near fallen logs. — An elk stands among green undergrowth and fallen logs in a wooded Yellowstone setting.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame with an antlered elk walking through dense woodland beside a pale fallen log. — The elk moves cautiously through undergrowth, its antlers visible against the dark forest.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing the elk nearer the foreground with antlers rising above brush and a pale log. — The elk appears nearer the foreground, partly obscured by branches and soft film grain.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame of an antlered elk beside a bright fallen log in shadowed forest undergrowth. — The elk pauses beside a pale fallen log, framed by dark trees and green forest growth.

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