Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Snow-Capped Mountain Peak Surrounded by Evergreen Trees

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

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Snow-Capped Mountain Peak Surrounded by Evergreen Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a majestic snow-capped mountain peak in Summit County, Colorado. Tall evergreen trees frame the foreground, their dark silhouettes contrasting with the bright, sun-drenched snowfields and blue sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the Colorado Rockies. The camera remains steady, presenting a serene, timeless landscape ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.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: 123757392

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: 1960s Colorado Rockies home-movie landscape footage for documentary inserts, regional history edits, travel retrospectives, or scenic archive transitions.
Period detail: The frames show 8mm-era color home-movie photography of a snow-covered mountain landscape, with no visible vehicles, buildings, signs, or clothing to add precise period clues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet visitor-shot perspective of a traveler pausing on a mountain view, holding on the peak and trees rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a snow-capped mountain peak, evergreen trees, dark forested slopes, patches of bright sky, clouds, film-frame borders, and slight gate shadows.
Film character: The footage carries soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, rounded frame edges, exposure variation, and small film specks that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short scenic cutaway, location-establishing insert, memory beat, or transition into Colorado mountain travel material.
Historical context: The view documents mid-century amateur travel filming in the Colorado high country, centered on natural scenery rather than people, roads, or resort activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific use requirements separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1962 Colorado 8mm mountain footage, Summit County snow peak home movie, vintage Rockies landscape, and evergreen forest scenic cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Summit County or 1962 Colorado footage, then broader vintage mountain and evergreen landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame showing a snow-capped mountain peak beyond evergreen trees and shadowed forest. — A snow-covered Colorado mountain rises behind evergreen trees and dark forest.

1962 Summit County, Colorado home-movie frame with evergreens in front of a snow-streaked mountain ridge and pale clouds. — Evergreen silhouettes stand before a snow-streaked mountain ridge.

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame showing a snowy peak partly screened by tall evergreen and bare tree trunks. — Tall foreground trees partially screen the snow-covered mountain peak.

1962 Summit County, Colorado frame with a snow-covered mountain beyond evergreens, clouds, and dark rounded 8mm frame edges. — The mountain view holds steady, with evergreens and film-frame shadows around the scene.

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