Summit County Colorado USA-1962: A Beautiful Valley With Green Grass Land Of A

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

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A Beautiful Valley With Green Grass Land Of A — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a sweeping view of a lush green valley in Summit County, Colorado. Snow-capped mountain peaks rise majestically in the distance under a partly cloudy sky, with forested slopes framing the scene. The footage, viewed through the dark borders of a film frame, shows subtle camera movement across the landscape, highlighting the natural beauty of the Rockies. The warm, slightly faded color palette and visible film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and archival charm, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 123757007

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: Serves archival requests for early 1960s American West nature and landscape footage, suitable for documentary b-roll, travel retrospectives, or environmental history productions.
Period detail: The warm, faded color palette and visible film-gate borders are consistent with 8mm color film from the early 1960s; no other period-specific markers are visible in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: A slow panoramic sweep across the valley suggests an amateur filmmaker pausing to document a scenic viewpoint encountered during a family road trip or vacation.
What appears in frame: Snow-capped mountain peaks, dark conifer-forested slopes, open green alpine meadow, partly cloudy blue sky, a dirt trail visible in the lower frames, dark film-gate borders, film grain, and a small unidentified dark shape at the meadow edge.
Film character: Warm color shift and moderate grain typical of 1960s 8mm stock give the image an amber-green cast and soft contrast that reads as authentically archival rather than degraded.
Edit role: Functions as an establishing wide shot or transitional landscape cutaway in a documentary sequence on the American West, outdoor recreation history, or environmental change across decades.
Historical context: Summit County, Colorado in the early 1960s predates major ski resort development in the region, making this open pastoral valley potentially a pre-development landscape record.
Research note: No people, identifiable structures, or private property are visible in any frame; copyright status of the original home-movie footage should be confirmed with the rightholder before editorial use.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 1960s Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape, alpine meadow 8mm home movie, vintage American West nature footage, or Summit County Colorado archival.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same reel or seller; then with 1960s Colorado or Rocky Mountain landscape footage; then with alpine meadow or outdoor recreation sequences from the same era.

Still Frames From This Clip

8mm color film from 1962 showing a green alpine meadow, conifer-covered mountain slopes, and snow-capped Rocky Mountain peaks in Summit County, Colorado. — Green valley floor and snow-capped peaks, Summit County, Colorado, 1962.

8mm color film, ca. 1962, panning across a green alpine valley in Summit County, Colorado; a small unidentified dark shape is visible on the meadow floor. — Panning view of alpine meadow; small unidentified object visible at mid-ground.

8mm color film, ca. 1962, Summit County, Colorado; a dirt path or ranch track cuts across the green alpine meadow toward conifer-covered slopes and snow-capped peaks. — A dirt trail crosses the alpine meadow, mountains beyond.

8mm color film, ca. 1962, Summit County, Colorado; the panning motion reveals a broader Rocky Mountain panorama of snow-capped peaks above the open alpine valley floor. — Panoramic view of Rocky Mountain peaks at the end of the pan, 1962.

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