Colorado USA-1958: Scenic Mountain Lake With Evergreen Trees And Snow-Capped Peaks

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

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Scenic Mountain Lake With Evergreen Trees And... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a serene mountain lake in Colorado. The footage opens with a wide view of a gravel road winding toward a vibrant blue lake, framed by evergreen trees and snow-capped peaks under a clear sky. The camera then pans to the water's edge, where the still surface reflects the surrounding forest. A person in a light-colored dress walks along the shore, adding a human element to the tranquil natural setting. The film exhibits classic Super 8 color shifts and grain, evoking a nostalgic 1950s Americana feel.

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: 123601969

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: 1950s Colorado home-movie footage for productions needing a quiet mountain lake, evergreen shoreline, and vacation-era outdoor atmosphere.
Period detail: The 8mm color, handheld framing, and light summer clothing may show mid-century amateur travel filming rather than a staged scenic production.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual visitor viewpoint, with the camera lingering on reflections and catching one person walking at the lakeshore.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a mountain lake, evergreen trees, pale sandy shore, rocks, water reflections, distant slopes, and one shoreline figure.
Film character: The clip carries soft 8mm texture with heavy grain, rounded frame edges, color shifts, flicker, and handheld exposure changes.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, travel transition, memory beat, or cutaway between broader Colorado vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage places outdoor recreation within a mid-century family travel context, showing a lake stop recorded from a personal camera perspective.
Research note: A person is visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright clearance is separate.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Colorado 8mm mountain lake, 1950s home movie evergreen shoreline, and vintage vacation lake reflection footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent scenes from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado footage, then broader 1950s mountain vacation and lake landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing a still mountain lake bordered by evergreens, pale shoreline, rocks, and distant slopes. — Still lake water reflects a dark evergreen shoreline beside a pale sandy bank.

1958 Colorado home-movie view of a calm lake, dark evergreens, sandy shore, rocks, and reflected trees in the water. — The camera holds on the lake surface and tree reflections along the shore.

1958 Colorado 8mm footage frames the lake from the shore, with evergreens, reflections, pale sand, and distant terrain. — A shoreline view emphasizes still water, dark trees, and soft 8mm color.

1958 Colorado lake scene with one distant shoreline figure, evergreen trees, sandy bank, rocks, and reddish color shift in the film. — A distant person walks along the lakeshore as the water reflects the trees.

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