Colorado USA-1967: A Train Going Around A Cliff Up In The Mountains On A Sunny Day

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

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A Train Going Around A Cliff Up In The Mountains On A... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a yellow passenger train navigating a narrow track along a sheer rocky cliff in the Colorado mountains. The footage, framed by a dark border suggesting a window view, shows the train winding through a rugged canyon with dense evergreen forests below. A sign reading 'Animas River Canyon' confirms the location. The scene is bathed in bright sunlight, highlighting the natural textures of the rock face and the vibrant green and yellow foliage, evoking a sense of mid-century Americana travel and adventure.

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: 124066991

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: 1960s Colorado home-movie footage for productions needing an archival travel insert of a passenger train moving through a mountain canyon.
Period detail: The yellow passenger cars, 8mm color stock, and roadside-style canyon sign support a late-1960s tourist rail travel context in Colorado.
Home-movie behavior: The framing feels like a visitor filming from a moving train or overlook, preserving an unstaged traveler's view of canyon scenery and rail passage.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a yellow train, steep rock walls, evergreen forest, river canyon, autumn foliage, trackside masonry, dark film borders, and an Animas River Canyon sign.
Film character: The clip has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, bright daylight exposure, slight handheld instability, and dark rounded frame edges typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a brief travel cutaway, scenic transition, rail journey insert, or memory beat within a Rocky Mountain or mid-century vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational rail travel through rugged Colorado canyon terrain, with the landscape and train emphasized over passengers or station activity.
Research note: No people are visible, but the train markings and location sign may require brand, railroad identity, and location review separate from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s Colorado train footage, 8mm mountain railroad home movie, Animas River Canyon train, and vintage Rocky Mountain travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Colorado travel shots, then 1967 Animas River Canyon or mountain railroad footage, then broader vintage train and canyon travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm Colorado canyon view with a pale river below, evergreen slopes, yellow foliage, and dark rounded film-frame edges. — A visitor-shot canyon view shows a river cutting through forested mountain terrain.

1967 Colorado home-movie frame showing a yellow passenger train along a cliff and a visible Animas River Canyon sign. — The Animas River Canyon sign anchors the mountain railroad setting as the train passes the rock wall.

1967 Colorado 8mm frame of a yellow passenger train moving across a cliffside rail line above canyon vegetation. — A yellow train rounds the narrow cliffside track in bright mountain sunlight.

1967 Colorado mountain rail scene with yellow train cars crossing a rocky canyon ledge above trees and brush. — The train continues along the canyon wall, framed by rugged rock and distant forest.

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