Colorado-1958: Suspension Bridge With Classic Cars Crossing

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

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Suspension Bridge With Classic Cars Crossing — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage clip captures a suspension bridge in Colorado with classic cars crossing its span. The footage, marked by a strong blue color cast and film grain, shows the bridge's tall steel towers and cables against a rocky cliff backdrop. The scene evokes mid-century Americana and engineering, with vehicles moving across the structure in a nostalgic, archival moment.

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: 123591578

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 travel, bridge engineering, roadway, and mid-century automobile cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The frames show older passenger cars crossing a suspension bridge, with steel towers and cable work consistent with mid-century travel footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint from a fixed distance, observing cars moving across the bridge without staging or direct interaction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include steel bridge towers, suspension cables, roadway railings, classic cars, rocky cliff faces, sparse vegetation, and blue-cast 8mm film edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries strong blue color shift, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an insert, travel transition, engineering cutaway, or brief memory beat for Colorado road trips and scenic infrastructure.
Historical context: The footage documents recreational travel and automobile movement across a dramatic bridge setting, without identifying a specific landmark beyond Colorado metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, and any property or landmark permissions should still be reviewed for use.
Research search match: Search match phrases include 1958 Colorado 8mm bridge footage, vintage suspension bridge cars, mid-century road travel, and home movie bridge crossing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then Colorado 1958 road scenes, then broader vintage bridge, cliff, and classic car material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing cars on a suspension bridge beside steel towers and a rocky cliff backdrop. — Cars cross a suspension bridge beneath tall steel towers and cables.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame with classic cars crossing a suspension bridge in front of dark rocky terrain. — Classic cars pass along the bridge deck near the steel tower.

Blue-cast 1958 Colorado 8mm frame focused on a suspension bridge tower with cars partly visible on the span. — The camera holds on the bridge tower as cars continue across the span.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing the suspension bridge structure, rocky cliff, and a vehicle near the edge of the span. — The bridge structure stands against the cliff as a car exits the frame.

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