Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Passing View Of Mountains And Trees On A Cloudy Day

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

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Passing View Of Mountains And Trees On A Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a passing view of the Colorado mountains under a dramatic, cloudy sky. The footage shows layered mountain ranges with snow-capped peaks, viewed from a moving perspective. Silhouetted trees frame the foreground in some shots, while the overcast atmosphere creates a moody, atmospheric landscape. The grainy texture and soft focus are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, nostalgic content, or historical storytelling.

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: 123757331

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: 1962 8mm Colorado mountain scenery suited for documentary inserts, regional history programs, museum timelines, or atmospheric travel cutaways.
Period detail: The frames show mid-century home-movie color film texture rather than date-specific objects, with era support coming from the supplied 1962 reel metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot passing viewpoint, suggesting a casual landscape recording from travel rather than a staged scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include layered mountain ridges, snow-bright peaks, heavy cloud cover, dark tree silhouettes, foreground brush, and brief strips of green valley land.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, muted color, and exposure shifts that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel transition, mountain establishing insert, weather cutaway, or reflective memory beat.
Historical context: The footage visually documents a recreational or travel view of Summit County mountain terrain without showing people, roads, buildings, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though copyright status and any location-specific permissions should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Colorado 8mm mountains, Summit County cloudy mountain view, vintage home movie snow peaks, and passing mountain landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1962 Summit County Colorado material, then broader vintage mountain travel and weather views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame showing distant mountain ridges beneath heavy clouds, with dark foreground trees. — Distant Colorado mountains sit under a dense cloudy sky.

1962 Summit County, Colorado view of layered mountain peaks and a silhouetted evergreen under overcast sky. — A silhouetted tree frames layered mountain peaks in cloudy weather.

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame with snow-bright mountain peaks beyond dark trees and a shaded valley foreground. — Snow-capped peaks appear beyond the darker valley and trees.

1962 Summit County, Colorado mountain view with snow-streaked peaks, green valley patches, and dark foreground trees. — Snow-streaked mountains rise above a shadowed foreground and patches of valley green.

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