Summit County Colorado USA-1962: Driving On Highway Through Mountain Valley Next To River

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

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Driving On Highway Through Mountain Valley Next To River — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage home movie captures a scenic drive through Summit County, Colorado. The camera moves steadily along a winding road beside a rushing river, with lush green mountains rising on both sides. A classic Route 66 sign and a yellow-and-black striped warning marker are visible, adding to the nostalgic Americana feel. The footage shows natural film grain and slight motion blur, characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic slice of mid-century American travel is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123760419

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1960s 8mm travel footage for edits needing a moving-car view of a Colorado mountain valley road beside a river.
Period detail: The roadside warning marker, gravel shoulder, and Route 66-style shield sign may show mid-century American road-trip visual cues.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective from a moving vehicle, recording scenery casually rather than staging a destination view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winding road, rushing river, mountain slopes, roadside posts, a striped warning marker, brush, and distant valley hills.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight exposure variation, and motion blur give the scanned 8mm footage a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a travel insert, road-trip transition, landscape cutaway, or brief memory beat between destination scenes.
Historical context: The footage reflects recreational car travel through a mountain landscape, with road signage and roadside barriers visible in the frame.
Research note: No people are visible, but the roadside Route 66-style sign or logo-like markings should be reviewed separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1960s 8mm Colorado road trip, mountain valley river drive, vintage home movie highway, and Summit County travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other 1962 Summit County Colorado scenes, then broader 1960s mountain road and river travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame showing a road along a river valley with mountain slopes and roadside signage. — A moving-car view follows a road beside a fast river in a mountain valley, with warning and route-style signs at the roadside.

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm view of a river running beside a mountain road with distant traffic and roadside signage. — The camera looks down the river corridor from the roadside, with a small vehicle ahead and mountains enclosing the valley.

1962 Summit County, Colorado home-movie frame of a road curving along a river through a green mountain valley. — Roadside posts pass in the foreground as the river bends through the valley below wooded mountain slopes.

1962 Summit County, Colorado 8mm frame showing a moving-vehicle view along a river road in a mountain valley. — The river continues alongside the road as the vehicle passes brush and marker posts, with mountains fading into the distance.

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