Colorado USA-1958: Car Enters Arapaho National Forest at Wooden Sign

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

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Car Enters Arapaho National Forest at Wooden Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a scenic drive through the Arapaho National Forest in Colorado. The footage opens with sweeping views of a majestic, tree-covered mountain under a clear blue sky, followed by a close-up of the iconic wooden sign marking the entrance to the forest. The lush green pine and deciduous trees line the road, showcasing the natural beauty of the region. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123595057

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1950s Colorado travel footage suited to documentary requests for national forest entry signage, mountain scenery, and visitor-shot road-trip context.
Period detail: The wooden Arapaho National Forest entrance sign, saturated color stock, and handheld 8mm framing support the supplied 1958 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's roadside perspective, moving from scenic mountain views to a practical record of entering the forest.
What appears in frame: Visible material includes a forested mountain, blue sky, dense evergreen slopes, roadside vegetation, a gravel or paved road edge, and a wooden Arapaho National Forest sign.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, mild gate edges, color saturation, and handheld framing consistent with mid-century amateur travel footage.
Edit role: An editor could use this as an establishing insert, travel transition, forest-entry cutaway, or quiet memory beat in a Colorado or public-lands sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents mid-century recreational travel through a Colorado national forest without showing people, vehicles, or identifiable private property.
Research note: No people are visible, but the government forest sign and emblem should be reviewed for trademark, agency mark, and contextual use questions separate from copyright.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Colorado 8mm mountain drive, Arapaho National Forest sign, vintage national forest entrance, and home movie public lands footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado forest or mountain travel footage, then broader mid-century national park and public-lands road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm view of a tree-covered mountain rising above dense forest under a clear blue sky. — Forested mountain landscape seen from a visitor's roadside perspective.

A second 1958 Colorado view of the same forested mountain, with evergreen slopes and visible 8mm frame edges. — Mountain and forest canopy in Arapaho National Forest area.

1958 Colorado roadside shot of a wooden Entering Arapaho National Forest sign with trees and mountain slopes behind it. — Roadside entrance sign for Arapaho National Forest.

Close roadside view of the Arapaho National Forest sign in 1958 Colorado home-movie footage, with trees and mountain terrain beyond. — Entrance marker with wooded Colorado mountain scenery behind it.

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