Colorado USA-1958: Entering Arapaho National Forest and Mountain Scenery

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

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Entering Arapaho National Forest and Mountain Scenery — Clip Details

COLORADO USA-1958: A vintage 8mm home movie captures the entrance to Arapaho National Forest, with a rustic wooden sign reading 'Entering Arapaho National Forest' set against a backdrop of dense evergreen trees. The footage transitions to sweeping panoramic views of the Colorado Rockies, showcasing layered mountain ranges under a hazy blue sky. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and a nostalgic, sun-drenched quality characteristic of mid-century amateur travel footage. This authentic archival clip offers a glimpse into 1950s American outdoor recreation and scenic landscapes.

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: 123595124

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: Supports 1950s Colorado travel, public-land recreation, and Rocky Mountain scenery requests for documentary inserts or editorial establishing shots.
Period detail: The rustic forest-service style entrance sign, 8mm color stock, and roadside visitor framing support a late-1950s amateur travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot travel perspective, pausing on the Arapaho National Forest sign before turning to broad mountain views.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Arapaho National Forest entrance sign, heavy timber posts, roadside trees, evergreen slopes, distant mountain ranges, and a hazy blue sky.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, warm color, slight softness, gate edges, and handheld exposure shifts that read as mid-century amateur travel-film texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as an establishing insert, scenic transition, travel-memory beat, or public-land cutaway within a Colorado or Rockies sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually places mid-century automobile tourism within a national forest landscape, without showing visitors, vehicles, or built facilities beyond the sign.
Research note: No people are visible, but the U.S. Forest Service shield and government forest signage should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and contextual use concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 Colorado 8mm home movie, Arapaho National Forest sign, vintage Rocky Mountains scenery, and 1950s national forest travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado or Arapaho National Forest material, then broader 1950s outdoor recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing an Arapaho National Forest entrance sign set against roadside trees and wooded slopes. — Entering Arapaho National Forest sign framed by timber posts and dense green trees.

1958 Colorado travel footage frame with the Arapaho National Forest sign, wooden support posts, trees, and distant forest slope. — Rustic entrance sign for Arapaho National Forest against a green mountain forest backdrop.

1958 Colorado 8mm scenic frame showing layered Rocky Mountain ridges, dark evergreen slopes, and a pale blue hazy sky. — Layered mountain scenery seen beyond forested slopes in the Colorado Rockies.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame showing a broad mountain panorama with evergreen hills, distant ridges, and a clear hazy sky. — Wide view across forested hills toward distant blue mountain ranges.

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