Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Panoramic Mountain View With Lake In Valley

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

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Panoramic Mountain View With Lake In Valley — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping panoramic view from a mountain in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The clip begins with a hazy, overcast sky before revealing a deep valley with a serene lake nestled among rugged peaks. The landscape features rocky slopes, scattered evergreen trees, and patches of green meadow under a soft, muted color palette typical of mid-century film. The camera pans slowly, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the American wilderness as seen through a home movie lens, complete with film grain and natural light.

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: 123482491

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 8mm home-movie mountain panorama useful for documentary or museum sequences needing Yellowstone-area wilderness views from a visitor vantage point.
Period detail: The clip shows mid-century color 8mm travel footage with no visible people, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks to further date the scene beyond the supplied 1958 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The slow handheld pan reflects a visitor pausing on a high overlook to record the scale of the valley, lake, rocky slopes, and distant ridges.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include hazy sky, distant mountain ridges, a blue lake, rocky foreground slopes, evergreen patches, meadow areas, and soft valley haze.
Film character: The footage carries muted 8mm color, visible grain, slight softness, exposure shifts, and handheld movement that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic establishing shot, travel transition, wilderness cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century American West sequence.
Historical context: The view documents leisure travel through a mountain landscape, emphasizing scenic observation rather than identifiable events, structures, or human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright, location identification, and land-use context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Yellowstone 8mm mountain panorama, Wyoming lake valley home movie, vintage American West scenic overlook, and mid-century wilderness travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming travel views, then with broader vintage mountain lake and national park scenery.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Yellowstone-area 8mm frame with hazy sky, faint ridgelines, and a washed, overexposed valley view at the start of the pan. — The clip opens on a hazy mountain horizon with pale sky and soft, overexposed terrain.

1958 Yellowstone-area scenic view of a blue lake set below rugged mountain slopes, with evergreen stands and pale meadow areas visible in the valley. — A blue lake and wooded valley appear beneath steep, rocky mountain slopes.

1958 Yellowstone-area 8mm frame showing a broad mountain valley with lake water, evergreen clusters, rocky foreground terrain, and muted ridges beyond. — The pan continues across the lake and forested valley, with rock faces filling the foreground.

1958 Yellowstone-area mountain panorama with a rocky peak, blue lake basin, evergreen shoreline, meadow patches, and steep ridges in soft 8mm color. — A rocky peak anchors the final view over the lake basin and surrounding mountain walls.

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