Summit County Colorado USA-1962: View Of Green Mountain Scenery And Snow Covered Peaks

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

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View Of Green Mountain Scenery And Snow Covered Peaks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view of snow-capped mountain peaks in Summit County, Colorado. The footage shows a lush green meadow in the foreground, dotted with pine trees and framed by dark film borders. The camera appears to be moving, offering a dynamic perspective of the majestic Rockies under a partly cloudy sky. The natural colors and film grain evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, making it ideal 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: 123757031

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: Answers archival requests for early-1960s Rocky Mountain landscape B-roll, useful in American West documentaries, Colorado history productions, or mid-century vacation travel segments.
Period detail: 8mm color film with characteristic grain and saturation consistent with early-1960s home-movie emulsions; no independent datable objects confirm the year beyond the stated metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The final frame reveals a traveler's impulse to film mountain scenery through a vehicle window — an unstaged vacation-filming habit common to mid-century American road travel.
What appears in frame: Snow-capped mountain peaks, open green meadow, mixed conifer and deciduous treeline, partly cloudy sky, dark 8mm film borders, a vehicle window frame, foreground pine trees, and distant snowfields.
Film character: Warm, saturated 8mm color with visible grain and subtle exposure drift between shots; dark sprocket-edge borders and a slight color cast are hallmarks of mid-century reversal home-movie film.
Edit role: Works as a landscape establishing shot or nature cutaway for Rocky Mountain sequences; the through-window frame offers an in-transit travel perspective for road-journey edits.
Historical context: Summit County, Colorado was emerging as a ski and recreation destination in the early 1960s; the footage may reflect mid-century American family vacation travel to the high Rockies.
Research note: No identifiable people or logos are visible; the vehicle window edge in the final frame does not reveal a make or model; copyright rests with the original filmmaker — verify ownership chain.
Research search match: Researchers may search for "1960s Colorado mountain landscape," "vintage Rocky Mountain B-roll," "Summit County archival footage," or "8mm American West travel 1960s."
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from the same Summit County reel or shoot; then 1960s Colorado landscape footage; then mid-century American family vacation or Rocky Mountain travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Open mountain valley with snow-covered peaks above a green summer meadow, Summit County, Colorado, 8mm home movie, 1962. — Rocky Mountain panorama above summer meadow, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Pan across snow-capped Summit County peaks above a green valley, with a small film artifact visible upper right, 8mm home movie, 1962. — Mountain peaks and valley during camera pan, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Shifted framing reveals Summit County snow-capped peaks rising above a green summer valley, 8mm home movie, 1962. — Shifted mountain view, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

Mountain scenery shot through a vehicle window with foreground pine trees and distant snow-capped peaks, Summit County, Colorado, 8mm home movie, 1962. — Rocky Mountain peaks seen through vehicle window, Summit County, Colorado, c. 1962.

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