Denver Colorado-1958: Car and Motorcycle on Road by Red Rock

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

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Car and Motorcycle on Road by Red Rock — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a classic American road trip scene in Denver, Colorado. A white vintage car and a motorbike travel along a winding road beside a massive red rock cliff, likely the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The footage, viewed through a window frame, shows the vehicles moving away from the camera under a bright blue sky. The warm, saturated colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgia.

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: 123604569

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: Useful for 1950s American road-trip, Colorado travel, and mid-century transportation sequences needing brief 8mm roadside atmosphere.
Period detail: The white rounded car, open road, and color 8mm stock support a late-1950s travel-film setting, with the red rock cliff matching the supplied Denver-area metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The viewpoint feels like a traveler filming from a roadside or vehicle window as traffic passes through a scenic rock formation.
What appears in frame: A winding paved road, red sandstone cliff, white vintage car, motorbike rider, roadside posts, scrub grass, blue sky, and distant open land are visible.
Film character: The clip has saturated 8mm color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate shadow, and handheld framing that reads as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief travel insert, road-trip transition, Colorado cutaway, or memory beat for mid-century leisure driving.
Historical context: The scene places everyday motor travel against a dramatic western landscape, suggesting recreational touring without making claims about a specific event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; copyright, location, and any property issues should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Searches for 1958 8mm Colorado road trip, Denver red rock road, vintage car and motorbike, or mid-century American travel footage may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Denver or Colorado red-rock footage, then broader 1950s road-trip and scenic driving material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Denver-area 8mm frame showing a white vintage car and motorbike on a road below a red rock cliff. — A motorbike and white car pass along the road below the red sandstone formation.

The motorbike and white car move farther along the Denver-area road beneath the red rock formation. — Traffic recedes along the curved road at the base of the rock face.

A distant car and motorbike travel away on a 1958 Denver-area road framed by red sandstone and scrub grass. — The vehicles shrink into the distance along the roadside rock formation.

The final frame holds on the road, red rock cliff, grass, and small distant vehicles in the Denver-area landscape. — The road and red sandstone cliff remain after the vehicles have moved farther away.

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