Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Elk With Large Antlers In Forest With Pine Trees

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

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Elk With Large Antlers In Forest With Pine Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a majestic elk with large antlers in a lush forest setting in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The animal stands amidst green grass and pine trees, with a fallen log in the foreground. In the final frame, a man with white hair and glasses appears, observing the elk from a distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural lighting, offering authentic archival wildlife footage from the American West.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123482331

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Yellowstone 8mm wildlife footage for documentary cutaways, nature-history sequences, travel memory segments, or archival inserts of elk in forest habitat.
Period detail: The visible period clues are mainly the 8mm home-movie format, soft color, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1958 Yellowstone setting rather than identifiable built landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the elk from a distance with a visitor's steady but informal home-movie perspective, letting the animal move naturally among trees and fallen logs.
What appears in frame: The frames show a bull elk with large antlers, pine trees, green grass, fallen pale logs, shaded forest edges, and soft daylight exposure.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, mild color shift, gate softness, and handheld framing that give the wildlife scene authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, Western travel insert, memory beat, or transition between Yellowstone landscape and visitor footage.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century tourist or home-movie observation of Yellowstone wildlife, with the elk filmed in a wooded natural setting rather than a managed display.
Research note: Copyright and archive licensing should be checked separately from likeness concerns, and the metadata notes a visible adult observer later in the clip who may require review.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm elk footage, vintage home movie bull elk in forest, and mid-century Wyoming wildlife film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader mid-century American West wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame of a bull elk standing among pine trees, grass, and fallen pale logs. — A bull elk stands in a shaded forest clearing with fallen timber in the foreground.

The elk is seen in profile against grass, trees, and a fallen log.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing the elk from behind as it moves through grass between trees and fallen wood. — The elk turns away through the clearing, partly framed by trees and downed branches.

1958 Yellowstone 8mm frame of a bull elk lowering its head near pale fallen timber in a pine forest clearing. — The elk lowers its head beside fallen wood, surrounded by grass and trees.

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