Colorado USA-1958: Highway Sign and Mountain Lake Panorama

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

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Highway Sign and Mountain Lake Panorama — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a roadside view in Colorado. A white highway sign for Colorado 5 and Colorado 103 stands prominently, with directions to Summit Lake, Evans, Idaho Springs, and U.S. 40. In the background, a deep blue lake reflects the surrounding pine forests and distant mountain range under a clear sky. The footage, viewed through a car window, shows a passing vehicle and subtle camera movement, evoking a classic American road trip. The warm color palette and film grain enhance its nostalgic, archival quality.

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: 123595987

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s U.S. road-trip or Colorado travel sequences needing an 8mm roadside sign, mountain lake, and moving-car viewpoint.
Period detail: The highway sign, 8mm color stock, automobile roofline, and roadside framing support a late-1950s vacation-film context in Colorado.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot roadside pause, with the camera catching the sign, lake, mountains, and a passing car from a casual travel perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a Colorado highway sign, arrows for routes 5 and 103, lake water, pine forest, mountain ridges, roadside grass, pavement, and a car roof.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, gate edges, slight exposure variation, and handheld movement give the footage a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a travel insert, route-establishing cutaway, road-trip transition, or brief memory beat before Colorado mountain footage.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-century leisure travel through a mountain road setting, with highway signage linking scenic destinations and regional routes.
Research note: No people are visible, but the route signage and passing vehicle should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and incidental identification concerns.
Research search match: Search phrases may include 1958 Colorado 8mm road sign, vintage mountain lake roadside view, Colorado highway 5 103 sign, and home movie road trip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then Colorado 1958 mountain or road footage, then broader mid-century U.S. driving and scenic travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm Colorado roadside view with highway signs for routes 5 and 103, a blue lake, pine forest, and mountains beyond. — Colorado route signs stand beside a mountain lake and forested ridge.

A car roof and window pass across the 1958 Colorado roadside sign, with mountain ridges faintly visible behind it. — A passing vehicle briefly obscures the roadside highway sign.

Soft 8mm frame of a Colorado route sign at the roadside, with pavement, grass, lake water, and distant mountains beyond. — The sign slips out of focus as the camera or vehicle moves past.

1958 Colorado mountain-lake view from the roadside, showing blue water, pine trees, mountain ridges, pavement, and the edge of a sign. — The camera settles on the lake, forest, and mountain panorama beside the road.

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