Denver Colorado-1958: Geographic Center Plaque and Rural Road

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

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Geographic Center Plaque and Rural Road — Clip Details

DENVER COLORADO-1958: A close-up view of the official plaque marking the Geographic Center of the United States, mounted on a stone wall. The 8mm film footage shows the engraved text, including coordinates and credits to engineers, with a hand briefly visible. The scene transitions to a point-of-view shot from a moving vehicle, driving down a long, straight rural road under a bright, overcast sky. The vintage Super 8 film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and dust specks, capturing a nostalgic mid-century Americana moment.

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: 123603805

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: Denver, 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 8mm footage suited to documentary requests for mid-century roadside landmarks, geographic markers, and travel transitions in Americana sequences.
Period detail: The engraved Geographic Center plaque, stone mounting, color 8mm stock, and car-window road view support a late-1950s visitor travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot landmark perspective, with a hand briefly steadying or pointing near the plaque before the reel moves into a road-travel view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include an engraved plaque, stone wall, partial hand, map inset, coordinate text, straight rural road, distant horizon, and vehicle hood.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, dust specks, exposure variation, and handheld framing give the scan the texture of original 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief landmark insert, a road-trip transition, or a memory beat between travel locations.
Historical context: The footage reflects mid-century leisure travel and geographic sightseeing without proving a specific trip route beyond the supplied 1958 Denver, Colorado metadata.
Research note: A partial hand is visible, so likeness review may be minimal but still separate from copyright, location, and plaque-text reuse considerations.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1958 8mm geographic center plaque, vintage United States landmark marker, mid-century road trip footage, and rural highway POV.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1958 Denver or Colorado travel material, then with roadside marker and rural highway themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 8mm frame of a Geographic Center of the United States plaque mounted on stone, with a partial hand visible at left. — Close view of the Geographic Center plaque mounted on stone.

1958 8mm frame showing the Geographic Center plaque with its engraved title, map inset, and surrounding stone surface. — The plaque fills the frame, with its title and inset map visible.

1958 8mm frame of the landmark plaque on stone, slightly soft and faded, with a partial hand along the left border. — A handheld close-up lingers on the plaque and stone mounting.

1958 8mm frame looking over a vehicle hood down a straight rural road beneath a bright sky. — The sequence cuts from the plaque to a forward road-travel view.

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