Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Three Buses Parked By The Sidewalk With People Boarding

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationSummit, Colorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Three Buses Parked By The Sidewalk With People Boarding — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a bustling street scene in Summit County, Colorado. Three classic red and white buses are parked along the sidewalk, with passengers boarding and others walking nearby. People in period-appropriate 1960s clothing—women in dresses and men in suits—move through the frame under a bright blue sky. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading, offering authentic archival footage of mid-century public transportation and daily life.

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: 123756473

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: 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 1636 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: spring time in the rockies
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1962 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: Summit, 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: Fits 1960s American public transportation and mountain-town street-scene requests for documentary, education, or commercial productions set in the Rocky Mountain West.
Period detail: Women's full skirts and patterned blouses, men's casual trousers, and the red-and-white corrugated-panel coaches all suggest early-to-mid 1960s American styling.
Home-movie behavior: A tourist or local filming from street level beside the coaches captures an unstaged crowd moment—passengers gathering and boarding with no awareness of the camera.
What appears in frame: Red-and-white intercity coaches with corrugated lower panels, a route marker visible in the windshield, women in full skirts and patterned tops, a woman carrying a handbag, summer deciduous trees, mountain peaks, and a bright blue sky with clouds.
Film character: 8mm warm-color rendering with slight highlight fade, visible grain in shadow areas, and soft focus at frame edges give the footage its characteristic period texture.
Edit role: Works as a street-level insert, period-establishing cutaway, or memory beat for transportation, Colorado tourism, or mid-century American daily-life sequences.
Historical context: Intercity coach travel was a primary long-distance transit option for middle-class Americans in the early 1960s; Colorado's mountain communities were growing as tourist destinations during this era.
Research note: Multiple identifiable adult faces are visible throughout; standard documentary talent-clearance research applies. Any legible bus operator markings should be reviewed for trademark implications; filming location appears to be public street.
Research search match: Researchers may search '1960s Colorado bus terminal,' 'early 1960s American public transportation,' 'Rocky Mountain town street scene 8mm,' or 'vintage intercity coach boarding footage.'
Archive pairing path: Best paired with other footage from this reel; otherwise with 1960s Colorado or Rocky Mountain travel material; or mid-century American public transit clips for transportation-history sequences.

Still Frames From This Clip

Red and white intercity coaches parked on a street in what appears to be Summit County, Colorado, circa 1962; passengers in early-1960s dress boarding or waiting; mountains and trees behind. — Passengers gather beside red-and-white coaches, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Woman with handbag pauses near the front of a red-and-white intercity coach in what appears to be Summit County, Colorado, circa 1962; mountain backdrop and summer trees visible. — Woman with handbag beside bus front, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Group of passengers in early-1960s clothing stand on a street in what may be Summit County, Colorado, circa 1962; red-and-white coach, vehicles, and mountain backdrop visible. — Passengers in 1960s dress on sidewalk beside buses, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Two people in 1960s dress stand near the front of a red-and-white intercity coach, likely Summit County, Colorado, circa 1962; mountain backdrop and second bus visible. — Two passengers near bus front, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

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