Colorado Springs USA-1958: Tourists Boarding Red and White Cable Car

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationColorado Springs, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Colorado

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

Need 10+ clips? Send your brief and get a curated shortlist →

Stockfilm licenses the rights identified in the applicable agreement. Additional use-specific review may be required. See the Licensing Guide and Archive Integrity.

Tourists Boarding Red and White Cable Car — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Colorado Springs, USA, in 1958 captures a bustling scene at a mountain railway station. Tourists in 1950s attire, including a woman in a plaid skirt and men in white shirts, board a distinctive red and white cable car or funicular. The crowd queues along a stone platform under a cloudy sky, with luggage and personal items visible. The footage, shot on Super 8 film, shows natural motion and slight camera shake, conveying the lively atmosphere of a mid-century vacation destination.

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: 123584875

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: Colorado Springs, 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.

Open Clip Documentation Record Request source information

Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Colorado Springs travel footage for productions needing a brief mid-century tourist boarding scene at a mountain transport station.
Period detail: Visible period clues include 1950s clothing, a red and white rail or cable car, stone platform edges, and visitors queuing with small bags.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective as tourists step around one another, wait in line, and board the car under a cloudy sky.
What appears in frame: The frames show a red and white car, tourists in shirts and skirts, a crowded platform, stonework, luggage or personal items, and mountain-station surroundings.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, rounded frame edges, and handheld movement that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel transition, station cutaway, or memory beat within a 1950s vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century leisure travel with visitors gathered at a scenic transport stop, though the exact rail system is not identified from the frames alone.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed; no clear logos are visible, and copyright clearance is separate from likeness or property review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Colorado Springs home movie, tourists boarding mountain railway, red and white cable car, and 8mm vacation station footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Colorado Springs travel footage, then with broader 1950s tourist transport and vacation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado Springs home-movie frame showing tourists near a red and white mountain transport car as people board from a stone platform. — Tourists gather and move past the red and white car at the station platform.

1958 Colorado Springs frame with a red and white rail or cable car at a mountain station while visitors line up to board. — Visitors queue beside the red and white car at the mountain station.

1958 Colorado Springs home-movie view of tourists waiting by a red and white mountain transport car as one person crosses the platform. — A foreground figure passes while the boarding line remains beside the car.

1958 Colorado Springs frame showing tourists boarding or waiting beside a red and white mountain transport car at a station platform. — The boarding scene continues with tourists clustered beside the car.

Visually Similar Clips