Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Car Ride Along River And Rocks Through Woods

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

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$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Car Ride Along River And Rocks Through Woods — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic car ride through Summit County, Colorado. The view from the moving vehicle shows a rushing river winding through a rocky bed, surrounded by dense evergreen woods. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color tones, evoking a nostalgic 1960s road trip. The perspective shifts as the car travels past a small bridge and along the riverbank, offering a fleeting glimpse of a remote mountain landscape. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 123757723

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Colorado home-movie road footage for productions needing a brief moving-car view of a mountain river, rocks, and evergreen woods.
Period detail: The frames may show mid-century roadside travel through Summit County, with a low bridge or rail, small riverside structures, and undeveloped wooded terrain.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming scenery through a moving car window during a mountain road trip.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rocky river, whitewater, evergreen trees, grassy banks, a roadside rail or bridge edge, boulders, and small distant structures.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, dark frame edges, uneven exposure, and motion blur from filming out of a moving vehicle.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short travel insert, road-trip transition, nature cutaway, or memory beat between Colorado vacation scenes.
Historical context: The footage records a casual visitor view of mountain recreation scenery before later development is visible in these brief frames.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or readable brands are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1962 8mm Colorado car ride, Summit County river road footage, vintage mountain stream home movie, and 1960s Rocky Mountain travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1962 Summit County material, then with vintage Colorado road trips, rivers, and mountain landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Summit County car-window view of a rocky mountain river, grassy bank, evergreens, and a small distant structure. — The car passes a rocky river bordered by grass, trees, and a small structure in the distance.

A blurred 1962 Summit County roadside view shows whitewater, rocks, trees, and a low bridge or rail along the river. — Whitewater runs through a rocky bed as the vehicle moves past trees and a low roadside edge.

The car passes a shaded Summit County river bend with boulders, dense trees, and a roadside rail partly visible at frame edge. — A shaded river bend and rocky bank slide past from the moving car perspective.

A soft 1962 Summit County car-window frame shows river rocks, whitewater, green banks, and trees passing close to the lens. — Trees and green banks blur as the car passes a rocky stretch of river.

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