Denver Colorado-1958: A View From A Car Driving Over The Continental Divide At Berthoud Pass

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

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A View From A Car Driving Over The Continental Divide At... — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1958 captures a scenic drive through the Colorado mountains. The footage begins with a point-of-view shot from a car, showing a winding road flanked by tall pine trees under a bright blue sky. The journey culminates at Berthoud Pass, where a prominent sign details its status as a continental divide at 11,307 feet, marking the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean watersheds. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film evokes a strong sense of mid-century Americana and nostalgic travel.

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: 123604963

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$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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1950s Colorado 8mm travel footage for productions needing a brief mountain-pass landmark insert or road-trip memory beat.
Period detail: The wooden Berthoud Pass sign, U.S. Forest Service shield, and 11,307-foot Continental Divide wording provide visible mid-century roadside travel detail.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, lingering on a destination sign as proof of arrival during a Colorado mountain drive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the Berthoud Pass sign, Continental Divide wording, watershed text, U.S. Forest Service shield, stone base, trees, and lodge roofline.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, and contact-sheet frame edges that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a quick cutaway, route marker, or transition between car-window mountain-road views and arrival at the pass.
Historical context: The footage reflects leisure road travel through the Colorado mountains, with the sign framing Berthoud Pass as both scenic stop and watershed marker.
Research note: No people are visible, but the U.S. Forest Service shield and readable landmark text should be reviewed for trademark, copyright, and location-identification context.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1958 Colorado 8mm Berthoud Pass sign, Continental Divide home movie, and vintage mountain road travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1958 Colorado or Berthoud Pass footage, then broader 1950s mountain-road travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Colorado home-movie frame showing the Berthoud Pass Continental Divide sign at elevation 11,307 feet. — A roadside sign marks Berthoud Pass on the Continental Divide, with Pacific and Atlantic watershed text.

1958 Colorado frame of the Berthoud Pass Continental Divide sign, filmed close enough for most lettering to be read. — The sign identifies Berthoud Pass and separates Pacific and Atlantic Ocean watershed information.

1958 Colorado home-movie still of the Berthoud Pass sign, including county and watershed text on the Continental Divide marker. — The frame centers the Berthoud Pass marker, with Grand County and Clear Creek County named below the watershed labels.

1958 Colorado 8mm frame showing the Berthoud Pass sign and U.S. Forest Service shield at the Continental Divide. — A close roadside view records the Berthoud Pass sign and its 11,307-foot elevation marking.

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