Colorado USA-1958: Man Riding Ski Lift up Green Mountain

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

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Man Riding Ski Lift up Green Mountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a man riding a ski lift up a lush green mountain in Colorado. The clip shows multiple chairlifts ascending a grassy, tree-dotted slope under a bright sky, with the man visible in one of the open-air seats. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic, unscripted feel, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic projects.

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: 123592300

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 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Colorado home-movie footage for productions needing period recreation, outdoor leisure, ski-area infrastructure, or mountain travel context.
Period detail: The open chairlift, casual rider, green summer slope, and faded 8mm color may show off-season mountain recreation in late-1950s Colorado.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the chairlift from a visitor's perspective, preserving an unstaged travel moment rather than a composed scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open chairlift seats, a seated man, cables, support towers, grassy mountain slopes, shrubs, rocks, and pale sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, gate edges, and handheld movement that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, travel transition, recreation cutaway, or memory beat between broader Colorado mountain scenes.
Historical context: The clip gives visual context for mid-century leisure travel and mountain access without establishing a named resort or specific landmark.
Research note: A person is visible at distance, so likeness review may be needed even though no brands, interiors, or obvious private property appear in the frames.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1950s Colorado chairlift footage, 8mm ski lift home movie, summer mountain recreation, and vintage ski-area travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1958 Colorado scenes, then broader mid-century mountain travel or ski-lift recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing open chairlift seats ascending a grassy mountain slope with cables, shrubs, rocks, and pale sky. — Open chairlift seats move up a green Colorado mountain slope.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame of chairlift seats traveling over a green, rocky hillside with lift towers in the background. — Chairlift chairs continue uphill over grass, shrubs, and rocks.

Soft 1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing multiple open chairlift seats suspended above a green mountain slope. — Multiple chairlift seats appear through soft focus on the mountain slope.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a man seated on an open chairlift as it travels above a grassy mountain slope. — A distant rider sits on an open chairlift moving uphill.

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