Colorado USA-1958: Man Exploring Stone Building on Rocky Mountainside

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

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Man Exploring Stone Building on Rocky Mountainside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a rugged stone building perched on a rocky mountainside in Colorado. The structure features large glass windows and a distinctive architectural style, surrounded by loose boulders and sparse terrain. A man in a light-colored shirt and pants walks across the barren landscape, appearing to search or explore the area. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, documentary feel, offering a rare glimpse into mid-century mountain life and exploration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123597977

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 home-movie requests needing a brief exterior view of a rustic stone mountain building and nearby visitors or explorers.
Period detail: The 1958 8mm metadata and mid-century casual clothing may show a postwar leisure or travel stop in a sparse Colorado mountain setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot quality, shifting from the building to a man walking across open ground as if observing or searching the site.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rough stone structure, large window panels, rocky ground, scattered boulders, pale sandy terrain, and a lone man in light clothing.
Film character: The clip carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, uneven exposure, and magenta-blue color shift.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short establishing insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transitional beat for mid-century Colorado exploration.
Historical context: The frames suggest recreational or observational travel around a rugged stone building in a dry mountain landscape, without identifying the site.
Research note: People are visible and the building may require property or location review; copyright, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1958 Colorado 8mm home movie, stone mountain building, rocky landscape, visitor walking, and mid-century travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Colorado 1958 material, then broader 1950s mountain travel or rustic architecture footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a rustic stone building with glass panels and boulders in front. — Stone building stands above scattered rocks on a sparse mountainside.

1958 Colorado home-movie view of the stone building, windowed facade, and loose rocks on a dry slope. — The camera holds on the stone building and boulder-strewn foreground.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a man in casual clothing on open sandy terrain below a slope. — A man appears near the lower edge of a pale, rocky landscape.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame showing a man walking across a barren sandy area with hillside behind him. — A lone man walks away across the open ground near the slope.

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