Yellowstone Park Wyoming-1967: Old Faithful Geyser Erupting with Tourists Watching

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

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Old Faithful Geyser Erupting with Tourists Watching — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures Old Faithful Geyser erupting at Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. A crowd of tourists, dressed in classic 1960s attire including wide-brimmed hats and casual shirts, watches the powerful geyser blast water and steam high into the clear blue sky. The scene unfolds under bright sunlight, with the geyser's plume rising against a backdrop of dense evergreen forests. The footage shows the geyser at various stages of eruption, from initial steam to full force, with natural film grain and color saturation characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American travel and natural wonder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124541200

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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 documentary or educational sequences needing visitor-shot footage of Old Faithful erupting in Yellowstone National Park.
Period detail: The tourists' casual shirts, brimmed hats, and compact home-movie viewpoint support a late-1960s vacation setting consistent with the 1967 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged tourist perspective as visitors stand at the geyser basin watching and filming the eruption from a public viewing area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include the erupting geyser plume, steam drifting across the basin, seated and standing tourists, brimmed hats, blue sky, and a dark evergreen ridge.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows saturated color, soft focus, visible grain, slight gate framing, and handheld home-movie exposure shifts that add period texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, travel-memory beat, natural-wonder cutaway, or transition within a Yellowstone or mid-century road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-century leisure travel at a major American park landmark, with visitors gathered quietly around a geothermal feature.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed, while no logos, private property, or audible music are apparent from the supplied metadata.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 8mm Yellowstone Old Faithful eruption, tourists watching geyser, vintage national park travel, and home-movie geothermal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone footage, then broader 1960s national park tourism or scenic travel material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm Yellowstone footage shows Old Faithful erupting as tourists watch from the geyser basin under a blue sky. — Tourists watch Old Faithful send water and steam above the Yellowstone geyser basin.

Old Faithful erupts in Yellowstone as a crowd watches from the foreground and a man stands near the right edge of the frame. — The geyser plume rises high above the viewing area as visitors observe the eruption.

The Old Faithful eruption continues, with a thick steam cloud drifting across the basin while tourists remain in the foreground. — Steam spreads across the basin during the eruption as the crowd continues watching.

A later moment of the Yellowstone geyser eruption shows water and steam rising while tourists watch from the basin edge. — Old Faithful continues erupting against the blue sky and evergreen backdrop.

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