Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Driving On A Mountain Highway

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

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Driving On A Mountain Highway — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic drive through Summit County, Colorado. Viewed from inside a moving vehicle, the footage shows a winding mountain highway flanked by forested slopes under an overcast sky. Classic cars travel ahead on the two-lane road, with a distinct film grain and color palette characteristic of Super 8 footage. The perspective offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American road trips and mountain travel.

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: 123759453

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports requests for early 1960s Colorado mountain highway travel, scenic driving inserts, and mid-century American road trip context.
Period detail: The footage may show period highway conditions, painted lane markings, roadside grading, and distant cars consistent with the stated 1962 home-movie date.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a passenger filming through a moving car windshield during a mountain drive.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a two-lane paved road, forested slopes, rocky roadside, cloudy sky, distant vehicles, and a valley edge beside the highway.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, muted color, gate edges, and slight handheld movement from filming inside a moving vehicle.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, route transition, scenic cutaway, or memory beat for mountain road journeys.
Historical context: The view documents everyday automobile travel through a mountainous Colorado landscape without staged action or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are apparent, but users should still assess copyright, location, and any incidental vehicle identification needs.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s Colorado mountain highway, 8mm road trip footage, Summit County driving, and vintage car travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1962 Summit County scenes, then broader mountain highway or road trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 8mm view from inside a car on a Summit County mountain highway, with road, hills, and overcast sky ahead. — A mountain highway curves through forested slopes under a cloudy sky.

1962 Summit County road-view footage shows cars ahead on a two-lane highway bordered by rocky ground and wooded hills. — Cars travel ahead on a two-lane road through a mountain valley.

A moving-car view of a Summit County highway in 1962, with several vehicles ahead and dark green mountain slopes beyond. — Vehicles appear farther down the mountain road as the car continues forward.

1962 8mm road footage shows cars on a Summit County mountain highway with forested slopes and a valley edge beside the road. — The highway continues through a mountain valley with cars visible in the lane ahead.

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