Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Scenic Mountain Landscape From A Moving Vehicle

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

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Scenic Mountain Landscape From A Moving Vehicle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures sweeping views of the Colorado Rockies from a moving vehicle. The footage features rugged mountain peaks under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds, dense evergreen forests, and rolling green hillsides. A serene lake appears in one frame, bordered by a road and utility poles, suggesting a scenic mountain drive. The classic Super 8 aesthetic includes natural film grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic dark borders of 8mm home movie footage. This archival clip evokes a sense of mid-century Americana and outdoor adventure.

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: 123756934

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: Suits documentary, educational, or commercial productions needing authentic 1960s Colorado Rocky Mountain travel footage with no people on screen.
Period detail: Utility poles and characteristic 8mm frame borders suggest mid-century era; the film's warm color palette and grain are consistent with early 1960s color film stocks.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from a moving vehicle window, capturing a tourist's passing impressions of mountain scenery rather than a composed or professional landscape study.
What appears in frame: Rocky mountain peaks, dense evergreen forest, rolling green hillsides, blue sky with cumulus clouds, a mountain lake or reservoir, a paved road, overhead utility lines, and open meadow.
Film character: Warm color shift, visible grain structure, and characteristic dark 8mm frame borders give the footage an authentic mid-century home-movie texture throughout.
Edit role: Works as a transition cutaway or travel-montage insert establishing a Rocky Mountain road journey in a 1960s period documentary or commercial piece.
Historical context: Utility poles and a paved road alongside a mountain lake suggest the route may have served recreational tourism in the Summit County area during the early 1960s.
Research note: No identifiable people, faces, or trademarked elements are visible; utility infrastructure and public roads appear incidental, but standard licensing review is still advised.
Research search match: Likely found via queries such as "1960s Colorado mountains road trip 8mm", "vintage Rocky Mountain scenery footage", or "mid-century Colorado landscape home movie".
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other frames from this reel; then with 1960s Colorado or Rocky Mountain travel footage; then with mid-century American road-trip or outdoor recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Rugged Colorado Rocky Mountain peaks above a dense evergreen forest, shot from a moving vehicle in 8mm color film, circa 1962. — Rocky peaks and evergreen slopes, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Colorado Rocky Mountain peaks and evergreen forest shot from a moving vehicle, with warm-toned foliage visible at left, circa 1962 8mm footage. — Passing mountain slopes and evergreens, c. 1962.

A rounded mountain peak above open meadow and evergreen treeline, filmed from a moving vehicle in Summit County, Colorado, circa 1962. — Open mountain meadow and evergreen treeline, c. 1962.

A mountain lake with a road along its near shore, forested ridges, a mesa-like rock outcrop, and overhead utility lines, shot in 8mm color circa 1962 in Colorado. — Mountain lake and road with utility lines, Summit County, c. 1962.

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