Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Mountainside And Blue Sky With Clouds With Classic Car And Red Building

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

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Mountainside And Blue Sky With Clouds With Classic Car... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a rugged mountainside in Summit County, Colorado. The footage shows a rocky, tree-covered slope under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds. A classic 1950s-era light green sedan is parked near a small red building at the base of the hill. The view appears to be from a moving vehicle, with the frame's dark borders suggesting a window perspective. The film exhibits natural grain and slight color fading, evoking a nostalgic, authentic mid-century American road trip atmosphere.

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: 123756648

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits archival requests for mid-century Rocky Mountain road-trip or Colorado tourism documentary, covering the 1960s American West for travel history or summer vacation montages.
Period detail: The light green sedan visible in the final frame appears to be a late 1940s or early 1950s American model; film grain and warm color shift align with early-1960s 8mm amateur stock.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from inside or alongside a moving vehicle, the framing captures an amateur tourist's instinct to tilt up at dramatic mountain geology rather than set a composed shot.
What appears in frame: Rocky granite slope with conifer forest, large boulder outcroppings, scattered cumulus clouds, blue sky, dark vignette border, a light green classic sedan, a small red building, and a dirt roadside area visible in the final frame.
Film character: Natural 8mm grain, slight warm color shift, and dark vignette borders from a window frame or camera housing lend the footage authentic hand-held amateur texture consistent with early-1960s amateur stock.
Edit role: Serves as a landscape cutaway or road-trip arrival transition; the final frame's shift to a parked car and small building can anchor a location-arrival or rest-stop beat.
Historical context: Summit County, Colorado was an emerging summer tourist corridor in the early 1960s; the parked sedan and small outbuilding suggest a roadside stop typical of mid-century American mountain tourism.
Research note: No identifiable persons appear visible; the red building may constitute private property and warrants review; no audible music or legible brand marks are present, but clearance cannot be guaranteed.
Research search match: Likely matched by researchers seeking 1960s Colorado mountain road trip, Rocky Mountain home movie, vintage American West landscape, or mid-century summer vacation 8mm footage.
Archive pairing path: Best paired first with other frames from the same reel, then with Summit County or Rocky Mountain 1960s travel footage, then with mid-century American road-trip or Western landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm home movie frame of a rugged Rocky Mountain slope with conifers and blue sky, likely Summit County Colorado, 1962 — Granite mountainside, Summit County Colorado, c. 1962

Continuation pan of a rugged Rocky Mountain slope in 8mm, consistent with 1962 Summit County Colorado footage — Mountain rock face and conifers under summer clouds, c. 1962

8mm frame of a forested granite mountain face with prominent rock outcroppings, consistent with 1962 Colorado Rocky Mountains — Rock face and pine treeline, Summit County Colorado, c. 1962

Final 8mm frame transitioning to a parked light green classic sedan beside a red outbuilding, Summit County Colorado area, 1962 — Classic light green sedan and red building at mountain roadside, c. 1962

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