Colorado-1958: Suspension Bridge Spanning Rugged Canyon

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

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Suspension Bridge Spanning Rugged Canyon — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic view of a large suspension bridge spanning a rugged canyon in Colorado. The footage, framed by dark borders typical of Super 8 film, shows the bridge's white towers and cables against a hazy sky, with rocky terrain and sparse trees in the foreground. The image has a soft focus and faded color palette characteristic of mid-century home movies, evoking a sense of nostalgia and historical Americana. This archival clip offers a rare glimpse of mid-20th century infrastructure and landscape.

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: 123591179

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 1634 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: vacation,july,august,reel-1
Reel-level year note: 1958
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
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: Useful for 1950s Colorado infrastructure, travel, landscape, and mid-century home-movie requests needing a brief establishing view of a canyon suspension bridge.
Period detail: The 1958 date is supported by metadata, while the visible clues are the 8mm frame edges, faded color, soft focus, and visitor viewpoint toward a large white suspension bridge.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the feel of a visitor pausing to record a scenic landmark from an overlook rather than a staged or professional infrastructure survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white suspension towers and cables, a rugged canyon, rocky foreground, sparse trees, hazy sky, dark film borders, and a small structure at frame edge.
Film character: Soft focus, faded mid-century color, light grain, gate borders, and slight exposure variation give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, travel transition, infrastructure cutaway, or memory beat for Colorado road-trip and landmark sequences.
Historical context: The view places a large engineered bridge within rugged canyon terrain, offering visual context for mid-century tourism and landscape observation without identifying the landmark by name.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but users should still assess copyright, location identification, and any property or landmark permissions for their use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Colorado 8mm bridge footage, vintage home movie suspension bridge, canyon landmark footage, and mid-century American travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1958 Colorado travel views, then broader vintage bridge, canyon, road-trip, and infrastructure footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a large white suspension bridge crossing a rugged canyon under a hazy sky. — A visitor-shot view of a white suspension bridge over rocky canyon terrain.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame with a white suspension bridge set against canyon rock, trees, and a pale sky. — The bridge towers and cables stand out against the canyon landscape.

A soft 1958 Colorado 8mm view of a suspension bridge crossing rugged canyon terrain with sparse trees nearby. — Soft-focus 8mm footage frames the bridge across the canyon.

1958 Colorado frame showing the white suspension bridge and cable lines above rocky canyon slopes in faded 8mm color. — The final frame holds on the bridge and canyon from the same overlook angle.

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