Yellowstone Park Wyoming-1967: Volcanic Eruption and Geothermal Activity

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationYellowstone Park, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Volcanic Eruption and Geothermal Activity — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic volcanic eruption at Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. The sequence begins with a distant view of a massive plume of smoke and ash rising into the overcast sky, with birds silhouetted against the stormy backdrop. As the camera holds steady, the scene intensifies with thick, billowing smoke filling the frame, obscuring the landscape. The final frames reveal a geothermal feature with steaming, mineral-streaked rock formations cascading into a dark lake, showcasing the raw power of nature. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and film imperfections, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

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: 124541141

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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1967 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1960s Yellowstone home-movie footage suited to requests for geothermal activity, volcanic landscape inserts, and archival nature cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, faded palette, and visitor-shot framing support a 1967 travel-film context for Yellowstone, with no visible people or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on distant plumes and steaming shoreline features as a traveler records striking park geology.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include distant white plumes, overcast sky, flat terrain, steam clouds, dark water, mineral-streaked rock, and heavy film borders.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, faded magenta-blue color, gate edges, exposure shifts, and slight handheld steadiness give the footage clear physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Yellowstone geothermal insert, a nature transition, a threat-of-eruption cutaway, or a brief archival travel-memory beat.
Historical context: The footage shows how a 1960s park visitor may have documented dramatic geothermal features from a distance without interpretive signage in view.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm archive copyright status and any location-use requirements.
Research search match: Search phrases include 1967 Yellowstone 8mm geothermal steam, vintage home movie geyser plume, and 1960s national park thermal feature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone material, then broader 1960s geothermal or national park travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a distant white geothermal plume over flat terrain under a heavy sky. — A distant plume rises across a low, open landscape beneath dark cloud cover.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame with a close view of pale steam or spray rising into a muted sky. — Steam or spray billows upward, with the surrounding landscape largely obscured.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a bright geothermal plume rising from low terrain in hazy light. — A bright plume lifts from the horizon, softened by haze and film exposure.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame of steaming mineral-streaked shoreline rock beside dark water. — Steam crosses a mineral-stained shoreline feature with dark water in the foreground.

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