Colorado USA-1958: Mountain Landscape with Utility Pole and Evergreen Trees

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

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Mountain Landscape with Utility Pole and Evergreen Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures sweeping mountain vistas in Colorado. The footage reveals rolling hills, dense evergreen forests, and a prominent utility pole against a backdrop of layered peaks under a soft sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 color grading with a distinct purple and green tint, grainy texture, and natural film imperfections. The camera pans slowly across the landscape, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the American West in the late 1950s. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about mid-century American nature.

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: 123592807

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 landscape requests needing archival home-movie mountain scenery as an establishing view or nature cutaway.
Period detail: The visible utility pole, 8mm color stock, and visitor-style framing support a mid-century home-movie reading without identifying a specific landmark.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the value of an amateur scenic pan, recording a roadside or overlook view rather than a staged travel sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale mountain slopes, darker layered ridges, evergreen trees, a utility pole, cloudy sky, rocks, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, color drift toward purple and green, and uneven exposure give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition between travel scenes, or memory beat for mid-century Western landscapes.
Historical context: The scene reflects recreational viewing of mountain terrain in Colorado, with infrastructure visible within an otherwise natural overlook.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location identification, and incidental property questions still require normal review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1958 8mm Colorado mountains, vintage home movie mountain vista, evergreen forest overlook, and utility pole landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado scenery, then broader mid-century American mountain travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing pale mountain slopes, darker ridges, evergreen trees, rocks, and a utility pole. — Mountain overlook with trees, rocks, layered ridges, and a central utility pole.

Colorado mountain vista on 8mm film with pale slopes, blue ridges, foreground evergreens, and a utility pole at the right edge. — Layered mountain view with evergreens in the foreground and a utility pole along the ridge line.

1958 Colorado 8mm view across a pale mountain slope, distant ridges, cloudy sky, and dark evergreen foreground. — Pale slope and distant ridgelines seen over a dark evergreen foreground.

Soft 8mm frame from Colorado showing a pale mountain slope, blue-purple ridges, trees, and a cloudy sky. — Soft-focus mountain landscape with pale slopes, ridges, and evergreen trees.

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