Denver Colorado-1958: Denver City Skyline with Buildings

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

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Denver City Skyline with Buildings — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage footage captures a high-angle view of Denver's evolving skyline. The frame reveals a mix of mid-century architecture, including several tall buildings and a prominent structure under construction. A red and yellow triangular sign stands out against the cityscape, while a building with 'YLA' lettering is visible in the foreground. The image shows classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, offering a nostalgic glimpse of urban development in the late 1950s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123604123

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: Useful for 1950s documentary or museum edits needing a brief Denver urban skyline view from color 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century high-rise buildings, a construction site, rooftop lettering, and a red-yellow triangular sign that may help date the city view.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot high-angle perspective, holding on the skyline rather than staging people or street activity.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include tall office buildings, a building under construction, rooftop signs, a foreground roofline, hazy sky, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and handheld steadiness give the scan a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short establishing insert, transition, or urban development cutaway in a Denver or 1950s city sequence.
Historical context: The view places commercial signage, construction, and dense downtown buildings in one frame without making a broader historical claim.
Research note: Visible signage and building identification should be reviewed separately, since copyright, trademark, property, and location rights are distinct concerns.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1958 Denver 8mm skyline footage, mid-century city buildings, urban construction view, and home-movie downtown Colorado.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with shots from the same reel, then other Denver 1958 material, then broader 1950s urban skyline or construction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Denver high-angle skyline view with tall buildings, a construction site, rooftop lettering, and a red-yellow triangular sign. — High-angle view of downtown buildings with construction and visible rooftop signage.

1958 Denver skyline frame showing rectangular towers, construction work, rooftop signage, and a foreground rooftop edge. — Downtown skyline detail with a tower under construction and commercial signs visible.

1958 Denver city view with tall buildings, a partially built structure, rooftop lettering, and muted 8mm color. — Skyline holds steady on high-rise buildings and a visible construction site.

1958 Denver skyline view with a tall glassy building, construction site, commercial signage, and foreground rooftops. — Final frame of the skyline view, with construction and signage still visible.

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