Colorado USA-1967: Industrial Factory Releasing Heavy Smoke

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

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Industrial Factory Releasing Heavy Smoke — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a smoky industrial scene in Colorado. Thick plumes of white and gray smoke billow from a factory stack against a dark sky, with industrial structures and metal framework visible in the foreground. The grainy, low-light footage has a greenish tint, characteristic of aged Super 8 film, creating a nostalgic and atmospheric view of mid-century industrial pollution. The camera remains steady, focusing on the smoke as it rises and disperses, offering a raw, unfiltered glimpse into 1960s manufacturing and environmental conditions.

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: 124073062

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Colorado industrial footage for documentary inserts on manufacturing, air pollution, energy, labor settings, or regional environmental history.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century industrial plant, with metal framework, railings or yard structures, and heavy smoke visible in low-light 8mm color footage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot or roadside observational perspective, holding steadily on an industrial stack and smoke rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large smoke plume, dark industrial structures, vertical metal posts, reflective ground or water, and a greenish low-light sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan carries coarse grain, soft contrast, green color shift, and uneven exposure that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, establishing insert, transition, or memory beat for industry, pollution, or 1960s regional atmosphere.
Historical context: The footage visually documents smoke emissions and industrial infrastructure in Colorado without identifying the specific facility or activity shown.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright and any property-related permissions should be assessed separately from likeness or brand concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1967 Colorado factory smoke, 8mm industrial pollution footage, vintage plant stack, and 1960s manufacturing exterior.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Colorado 1967 material, then broader 1960s industry, smoke, and environmental footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Colorado 8mm frame showing a smoky industrial exterior with dark structures, vertical posts, and reflective ground below. — Smoke rises from a dark industrial site with metal posts and reflective surfaces in the foreground.

1967 Colorado 8mm frame with a pale smoke cloud drifting over dark industrial structures and bright reflections near the ground. — A pale plume hangs above an industrial site, with posts and reflective highlights below.

1967 Colorado 8mm frame showing green-tinted smoke above an industrial yard, with metal posts and light reflections in the foreground. — Green-tinted smoke spreads over an industrial yard with posts and bright foreground reflections.

1967 Colorado 8mm frame showing smoke over a dark factory area and a cross-braced metal framework in the foreground. — Smoke drifts across a dark industrial view, partly framed by a cross-braced metal structure.

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