Summit County Colorado USA-1962: In The Forest The Plants And Trees Are Fully Covered

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

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In The Forest The Plants And Trees Are Fully Covered — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a serene mountain forest in Summit County, Colorado. The footage shows a dense evergreen forest covering rocky slopes under a partly cloudy sky, with natural light filtering through the trees. The camera pans slowly across the landscape, revealing rugged terrain and lush greenery. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, subtle color fading, and natural grain, evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century American outdoor experience.

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: 123756600

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.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People 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: Fills archival requests for 1960s American West wilderness, suitable for documentary B-roll, nature montages, or nostalgic establishing shots of Colorado mountain terrain.
Period detail: The 8mm frame gate vignetting, muted color palette, and film grain are consistent with early-1960s amateur filmmaking; no anachronistic elements are visible.
Home-movie behavior: A slow pan across mountain slopes suggests a tourist or family visitor recording the Colorado landscape, likely during a summer hiking or camping trip.
What appears in frame: Dense conifer forest on rocky mountain slopes, exposed granite outcroppings, partly cloudy sky with cumulus clouds, green summer foliage, 8mm frame-edge vignetting, and a small circular film emulsion artifact in one frame.
Film character: Characteristic 8mm vignetting darkens the frame edges, visible grain runs throughout, color saturation is muted, and focus softens at the edges — textures consistent with early-1960s consumer film stock.
Edit role: Functions as a cutaway or landscape establishing shot in documentaries covering mid-century American outdoor recreation, Colorado history, or Rocky Mountain wilderness themes.
Historical context: Summit County, Colorado was an emerging ski and outdoor recreation destination in the early 1960s; this footage may reflect the postwar growth of American mountain tourism.
Research note: No identifiable people, logos, or private structures are visible; copyright rests with the original filmmaker or their estate and must be verified before editorial or commercial use.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as '1960s Colorado mountains 8mm,' 'Rocky Mountain forest vintage footage,' or 'mid-century American wilderness home movie.'
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other Summit County Colorado footage from the same reel, then with 1960s Rocky Mountain landscape clips, then with mid-century American outdoor recreation collections.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm film frame of a rocky Colorado mountain slope covered in conifer trees with granite outcrops and a partly cloudy sky, circa 1962. — Rocky forested slope, Summit County, Colorado, circa 1962.

8mm film frame showing a prominent granite outcrop flanked by conifers in the Colorado Rockies, with a small circular emulsion artifact in the upper portion, circa 1962. — Granite outcrop and conifers with film artifact, Summit County, circa 1962.

8mm film frame of a conifer treeline against a partly cloudy mountain sky with a rocky forested slope in the foreground, Colorado Rockies, circa 1962. — Conifer treeline and cumulus clouds, Colorado Rockies, circa 1962.

8mm film frame of a dense conifer forest silhouetted against a bright partly cloudy sky in the Colorado Rockies, with rocky terrain visible below, circa 1962. — Dense conifer forest against mountain sky, Colorado Rockies, circa 1962.

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