Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1967: Small Geyser Spurts Water in Ground

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationYellowstone, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Yellowstone Wyoming

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Small Geyser Spurts Water in Ground — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a small geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park. The clip shows a brief, natural spurt of water and steam rising from a hole in the ground, with a crowd of visitors visible in the background observing the phenomenon. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and a slightly shaky handheld perspective, offering an authentic slice of mid-1960s Americana and natural wonder. Ideal for historical documentaries, nature montages, or nostalgic content.

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: 124627706

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, 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

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 8mm Yellowstone footage for productions needing a brief natural geyser cutaway or visitor-observed park scene.
Period detail: The distant visitors and warm 8mm color may show a late-1960s tourist view of Yellowstone, supported by the supplied 1967 clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The handheld framing watches the small eruption from a visitor distance, preserving an unstaged park-observation moment rather than a formal scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a small geyser vent, spurting water, pale mineral ground, scattered stones, distant visitors, and dark frame edges from the film scan.
Film character: The clip carries visible 8mm grain, warm faded color, uneven exposure, and slight handheld instability that mark it as scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short insert, nature cutaway, transition beat, or archival memory detail within Yellowstone or geothermal sequences.
Historical context: The footage places park visitors near a geothermal feature, showing public observation of a natural spectacle without adding claims beyond the visible scene.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from visible-rights review.
Research search match: Useful matches include 1967 Yellowstone 8mm geyser, small geothermal eruption home movie, visitors watching geyser, and vintage national park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Yellowstone travel shots, then other 1967 Wyoming park footage, then broader 1960s home movies of geysers and national parks.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm Yellowstone frame showing a small geyser spray rising from mineral ground as distant visitors watch. — A small geyser spouts from the ground while visitors stand in the background.

1967 Yellowstone home-movie frame with water spray above a small geyser vent and distant park visitors behind it. — Water rises from the small geyser as people observe from farther back.

1967 8mm Yellowstone view of a dark geyser opening in stony mineral ground with distant visitors beyond the spray area. — The vent and surrounding mineral ground are prominent as the eruption subsides.

1967 Yellowstone frame emphasizing the small geyser vent in mineral ground, with faint spray and visitors in the distant background. — The camera holds on the vent and mineral surface after the brief water spurt.

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