Colorado USA-1958: Black And White Road Sign At A Fork In A Road In Front Of A

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

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Black And White Road Sign At A Fork In A Road In Front Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a classic American road trip scene. A white highway sign at a fork in the road directs travelers to Colorado 5, Colorado 103, and Idaho Springs, with distances to nearby towns. The backdrop features a serene lake, evergreen trees, and distant mountains under a clear sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color saturation of mid-century Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse into 1950s travel and roadside Americana.

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: 123595910

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: Useful for 1950s U.S. road-trip or Colorado travel sequences needing an authentic roadside direction sign, mountain road, lake, and home-movie texture.
Period detail: The Colorado route shields, fork arrows, white roadside sign, lodge-like buildings, and mountain setting support a late-1950s highway travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a roadside stop, lingering on wayfinding signage and scenery rather than staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white fork-road sign, Colorado 5 and 103 route markers, a paved road, lake water, evergreen trees, mountains, and rustic buildings.
Film character: The 8mm footage shows soft focus, visible grain, saturated color, exposure variation, and slight handheld framing typical of mid-century home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a road-trip insert, geographic transition, roadside cutaway, or quiet memory beat between travel scenes.
Historical context: The scene reflects mid-century automobile tourism through mountain Colorado, shown through practical roadside signage and scenic highway views.
Research note: No people are visible, but route shields and possible public signage are identifiable; copyright, trademark, property, and location review may still be needed.
Research search match: Searches for 1958 Colorado 8mm road trip, vintage highway sign, Idaho Springs route sign, mountain lake roadside, and home movie travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel road-trip shots, then Colorado 1958 mountain and lake footage, then broader 1950s U.S. highway travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado home-movie frame showing rustic roadside buildings, a fork-road sign, evergreen hillside, and paved road. — Roadside buildings and a direction sign stand beside a mountain road.

1958 Colorado frame with a white highway direction sign for Colorado 5 and 103, set beside a lake and mountain road. — A fork-road sign points toward Colorado routes with a lake and mountains beyond.

Close 1958 Colorado view of a white route sign listing Colorado 5 and 103, with lake and distant mountains behind. — The camera moves closer to the highway sign near the lakeside road.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame of a white fork-road sign for Colorado 5 and 103 beside a lake and mountain highway. — A roadside direction sign anchors the mountain lake travel view.

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