Colorado USA-1958: Man in Suit with Cars and Trailer in Desert

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

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Man in Suit with Cars and Trailer in Desert — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a man in a light-colored suit standing in a rocky desert landscape in Colorado. A large, boxy trailer sits in the background near a rocky hillside. As the clip progresses, a classic 1950s blue sedan and another vehicle appear, with a second man in light clothing walking nearby. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain, color shift, and soft focus of Super 8 film, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American life in a remote setting.

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: 123598030

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1950s Colorado home-movie requests needing a brief desert roadside or remote travel scene with men, a trailer, and period automobiles.
Period detail: The light suit, boxy trailer, and rounded 1950s sedans may show mid-century leisure travel or roadside activity in a rocky Colorado landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The scene has an unstaged home-movie feel, with a man standing apart as cars arrive and another man walks through the open ground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky hillside, open dusty ground, a light-suited man, a boxy trailer, a blue sedan, another car, and a second man in pale clothing.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries soft focus, pinkish color shift, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing typical of mid-century amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel insert, remote-location transition, or quiet memory beat within a 1950s American West sequence.
Historical context: The footage visually places people and automobiles in a sparse rocky setting, suggesting casual mid-century travel or stopover activity without identifying the site.
Research note: People are visible and faces are indistinct, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright status is separate from clearance.
Research search match: Search matches include 1958 Colorado 8mm home movie, 1950s desert roadside cars, man in suit near trailer, and vintage American West travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado travel footage, then broader 1950s roadside, desert, and classic-car scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a man in a light suit standing in a rocky open area with a boxy trailer in the background. — A man stands alone on dusty ground below a rocky hillside, with a trailer parked behind him.

1958 Colorado home-movie frame with a man in a light suit, a second man near the road, a dark sedan, and a trailer by the rocks. — A second figure and a parked sedan enter the scene near the right side of the rocky roadside area.

1958 Colorado frame showing a blue classic sedan beside a man in pale clothing, with another vehicle, trailer, and rocky hillside beyond. — A blue sedan sits in the foreground as a man stands nearby and another car passes or parks farther back.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame with a blue 1950s sedan, a man in light clothing, a trailer, and another vehicle against a rocky hillside. — The roadside scene settles on the blue sedan, a standing man, the trailer, and the rocky backdrop.

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