Colorado USA-1967: The Sun Sets Showing A Statue In The Distance As The Sky

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

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The Sun Sets Showing A Statue In The Distance As The Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic sunset over a flat horizon in Colorado. The sun glows intensely on the left, casting a warm orange and yellow light across the sky, while a distant silhouette of a statue stands on the right. The image shows classic Super 8 film grain, slight lens flare, and darkened edges typical of home movie footage. The final frame reveals a title card reading 'ELEVATION ABOVE SEA 14,500 FEET,' confirming the high-altitude setting. This archival clip evokes nostalgia and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

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: 124071733

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 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 8mm sunset footage for productions needing a brief high-altitude landscape insert or contemplative archival transition.
Period detail: The frames show a 1967 home-movie view with saturated color, dark frame edges, and a distant monument-like silhouette, while the exact statue or site is not identified.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot pause at sunset, holding on the horizon and distant silhouette rather than staging action for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a low sun, dark horizon, orange sky band, heavy cloud cover, distant statue-like silhouette, lens flare, and a later title card.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries coarse grain, deep shadow, warm overexposure around the sun, soft focus, and darkened edges that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a sunset insert, location transition, reflective cutaway, or memory beat within a mountain travel or 1960s home-movie sequence.
Historical context: The footage places a high-altitude Colorado visit within a private travel-film context, emphasizing landscape, weather, and a distant commemorative form without identifying it.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but the statue or title-card claim may still need contextual research for editorial identification.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 Colorado 8mm sunset, Super 8 mountain horizon, high-altitude travel film, distant statue silhouette, and vintage home movie sky.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Colorado travel footage, then broader 1960s mountain sunset or roadside-view material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Colorado 8mm frame showing sunset over a dark horizon with a distant monument-like silhouette at right. — Sunset burns along the horizon while a distant silhouette stands against the sky.

1967 Colorado home-movie frame with the sun near the left edge and a distant statue-like form on the right horizon. — The sun sits low at left as a small monument-like silhouette remains visible at right.

1967 Colorado 8mm sunset frame showing a bright sky band, dark clouds, and a small statue-like silhouette at right. — Dark clouds frame a bright sunset strip above the horizon and distant silhouette.

Final 1967 home-movie frame appears to show a title card noting elevation above sea at 14,500 feet. — A dim title card appears with faint text about elevation above sea level.

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