Colorado USA-1958: Person Riding Ski Lift At Mountain Resort

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

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Person Riding Ski Lift At Mountain Resort — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a person riding a ski lift at a Colorado resort. The grainy, pink-tinted footage shows the lift ascending a snowy slope, with a person seated in a chairlift basket against a pale sky. The scene includes a prominent lift tower and other riders, evoking a nostalgic mid-century winter vacation. The film's soft focus and characteristic 8mm grain enhance its authentic, archival feel.

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: 123592539

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports archival requests for 1950s Colorado ski-area home movies, especially documentary or educational edits needing a brief chairlift travel moment.
Period detail: The open chairlift, simple lift tower, winter slope and 8mm color stock may show mid-century recreational skiing in Colorado.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes riders moving uphill from a visitor's viewpoint, giving the clip an unstaged vacation-record feel.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include chairlift riders, a lift tower, cable line, pale sky, snowy or scrubby slope, distant lift structures and soft film edges.
Film character: Pink-tinted color, soft focus, visible grain and slight framing drift give the footage a scanned 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, transition or memory beat for winter travel, mountain leisure or mid-century recreation sequences.
Historical context: The scene places everyday visitors within a modest ski-lift environment rather than a staged resort view, reflecting personal travel documentation.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; copyright, location and any property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1950s Colorado ski lift footage, vintage 8mm skiing home movie, chairlift riders, and mountain resort vacation film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado winter footage, then broader vintage skiing or mountain vacation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing distant chairlift riders moving along a mountain slope near a lift tower. — Distant chairlift riders pass along the slope near a lift tower.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame with a chairlift crossing a sloped ski area beside a tall tower. — A chairlift crosses the hillside beside a tall support tower.

Soft 8mm frame from 1958 Colorado showing riders seated on a chairlift below a prominent tower. — Riders pass beneath the lift tower in soft, bright 8mm footage.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame with a chairlift rider near a support tower on a sparse mountain slope. — A chairlift rider approaches the support tower on the slope.

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