Yellowstone Park Wyoming-1967: Geyser Erupting In Steam And Water

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

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Geyser Erupting In Steam And Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage footage captures the geothermal wonder of Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. The sequence begins with a close-up of steaming, mineral-rich pools with vibrant yellow and brown microbial mats. The camera pans across the rugged, steamy terrain, revealing a natural hot spring with bubbling water. The clip culminates in a dramatic geyser eruption, sending a massive plume of steam and water into the twilight sky, silhouetted against dark trees. The film exhibits authentic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, offering a nostalgic, archival glimpse of nature's power.

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: 124541182

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: Useful for 1960s editorial or documentary requests needing Yellowstone geothermal landscape footage from an 8mm home-movie source.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and metadata-supported 1967 Yellowstone setting rather than datable clothing or vehicles.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot viewpoint, lingering on mineral pools and then catching a geyser plume from a nearby viewing position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale mineral runoff, steaming pools, yellow and brown ground, distant haze, dark trees, blue sky, and an erupting geyser plume.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, slight exposure shifts, handheld movement, gate edges, and warm color fading that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a Yellowstone insert, geothermal cutaway, nature-transition shot, or brief memory beat for mid-century park travel.
Historical context: The scene documents visitor attention to Yellowstone geothermal features in the 1960s without showing people, signage, facilities, or identifiable activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and any agency or archive requirements should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 8mm Yellowstone geyser eruption, vintage hot spring footage, home movie geothermal pools, and archival Wyoming park scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then broader vintage national park and geothermal landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing steaming mineral-rich terrain with yellow and brown deposits near a hot spring area. — Steam drifts across mineral-stained geothermal ground in Yellowstone.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame with a pale mineral channel curving past a hazy geothermal basin and distant terrain. — A pale mineral channel borders the steaming geothermal landscape.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a bright mineral terrace and steam over brown, open geothermal terrain. — Steam hangs above a bright mineral terrace and open geothermal ground.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a geyser eruption sending water and steam upward beside dark trees under blue sky. — A geyser erupts in a tall plume of water and steam beside dark trees.

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