Colorado US-1967: Spruce Tree Lodge 100 Yds Dining Room Lunch Counter Sign

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Colorado

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Spruce Tree Lodge 100 Yds Dining Room Lunch Counter Sign — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie clip captures a close-up of a purple directional sign for the Spruce Tree Lodge. The white lettering clearly reads 'SPRUCE TREE LODGE 100 YDS. DINING ROOM LUNCH COUNTER,' set against a backdrop of trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American roadside travel experience. The camera remains steady, focusing on the sign's details.

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: 124066659

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 1105 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: cb&Q RR kolor karavan tour southwestern colorado
Reel-level year note: 1967
Reel-level location note: colorado
Date: 1967 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: 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: Useful for 1960s Colorado travel, roadside lodging, park-visit, or dining-service sequences needing an authentic visitor-shot sign insert.
Period detail: The painted directional sign, abbreviated yardage, and lunch-counter wording support a mid-century travel-services reading within the documented 1967 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor's practical glance at wayfinding rather than a staged view, holding on the sign long enough to read the lodge and dining directions.
What appears in frame: Visible details include a purple Spruce Tree Lodge sign, white raised lettering, yardage notation, dining room and lunch counter text, trees, and film gate edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, slight weave, soft focus, color fading, and uneven exposure that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a cutaway, location marker, travel transition, or memory beat before footage of lodging, meals, park visits, or roadside stops.
Historical context: The sign suggests tourist infrastructure and casual dining access in Colorado, with language that reflects mid-century visitor services without proving ownership or operation details.
Research note: The named lodge sign may require trademark, copyright, or property-context review, though no people, faces, minors, music, or private interiors are visible.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 Colorado 8mm lodge sign, Spruce Tree Lodge dining room lunch counter, vintage roadside wayfinding, and home movie travel signage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then other 1967 Colorado material, then broader 1960s roadside lodging, dining, and tourist sign clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Colorado 8mm frame showing roadside terrain, a low structure, pale sky, and dark film borders before the lodge sign close-up. — Roadside terrain and a low building appear before the sign sequence.

Close 1967 Colorado 8mm view of a purple Spruce Tree Lodge directional sign with white letters and trees behind it. — Spruce Tree Lodge sign points visitors toward dining services.

Close-up of the Spruce Tree Lodge directional sign in documented 1967 Colorado footage, including dining room and lunch counter text. — The sign lists dining room and lunch counter directions 100 yards away.

Final 1967 Colorado 8mm close view of the purple Spruce Tree Lodge sign, with white lettering and partial lunch counter line. — The camera remains fixed on the lodge dining sign near the end of the clip.

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