Colorado USA-1958: A Fuzzy Blue-Tinted View Of A Mountain Road And Distant Structure

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

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A Fuzzy Blue-Tinted View Of A Mountain Road And Distant... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a rugged mountain landscape in Colorado. A winding road cuts through rocky terrain under a vast blue sky, with a large structure visible on a distant hillside. The footage exhibits a strong blue color cast and soft focus, characteristic of aged Super 8 film. Small figures can be seen near the structure, suggesting a remote roadside stop or overlook. The scene evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and outdoor exploration.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123600589

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 travel, mountain-road, roadside-overlook, and mid-century home-movie cutaways in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century mountain stop or overlook, with a winding road, rocky terrain, distant structure, and tiny visitors visible near the hillside.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on scenery from a distance rather than staging people or action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curving mountain road, rocky foreground, blue sky, distant hills, a dark hillside structure, small figures, and rough roadside ground.
Film character: Soft focus, strong blue color shift, visible grain, and slight frame instability give the clip clear 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, location-establishing cutaway, memory beat, or transition into mountain-road footage.
Historical context: The clip reflects recreational road travel through rugged Colorado scenery, while the exact site and purpose of the distant structure are not identifiable from these frames.
Research note: People appear only as distant figures, but likeness and location review may still be needed; copyright, privacy, and property questions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Colorado 8mm home movie, blue-tinted mountain road, rocky overlook, distant roadside structure, and vintage travel scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado material, then broader mid-century mountain-road or scenic travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a soft, blue-tinted mountain road, rocky ground, distant hills, and a dark structure on the slope. — A winding road crosses rocky mountain terrain toward a distant structure under a blue sky.

Blue-cast 1958 Colorado home-movie frame with a winding road, rocky slope, distant structure, and tiny visitors near the horizon. — The roadside curve leads across the rocky slope toward the dark hillside building or overlook.

1958 Colorado 8mm still with strong blue tint, soft focus, rocky roadside terrain, a curving road, and distant hillside structure. — A soft-focus view holds on the road and rocky terrain, with the structure silhouetted in the distance.

Final 1958 Colorado frame showing the same blue-tinted mountain road scene with rocky foreground and a distant structure on the hillside. — The shot ends on the blue-cast mountain road and distant hillside structure.

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