Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1967: Geyser Eruption With Steam Jet And Mineral Streaked Ground

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

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Geyser Eruption With Steam Jet And Mineral Streaked Ground — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic geyser eruption at Yellowstone National Park. The footage shows a powerful jet of steam and water shooting upward from a geothermal vent, surrounded by mineral-streaked earth and distant silhouetted hills under a cloudy sky. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds authentic retro charm, with visible film scratches and natural light variations. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of Yellowstone's natural wonders, perfect for historical documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 124627743

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 geyser footage suited to documentary, museum, education, or nature-history edits needing visitor-era geothermal scenery.
Period detail: The clip shows color 8mm home-movie views with 1960s-era film texture; distant visitors or vehicles may be visible near the geyser field.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective, observing the geyser, steam plume, cloudy sky, and mineral ground from a casual park viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a cloudy sky, distant dark hills, geyser steam, mineral-streaked ground, a vent opening, film frame edges, and tiny distant visitors or vehicles.
Film character: The scan shows grain, soft focus, exposure fluctuation, color fading, scratches, and contact-sheet frame borders consistent with original small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, place-setting insert, natural wonder transition, or memory beat in a Yellowstone or geothermal sequence.
Historical context: The frames document mid-century park tourism around Yellowstone geothermal features without making claims about a specific geyser name or eruption event.
Research note: Review for possible distant likenesses; copyright, location permissions, and any identifiable visitor concerns should be assessed separately before use.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 Yellowstone 8mm geyser eruption, vintage home movie geothermal steam, and 1960s Wyoming national park footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone views, then broader vintage national park or geothermal landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame looking up at a cloudy sky, with heavy film borders, grain, and small dust marks visible. — Cloud-filled sky appears between dark film-frame edges at the start of the clip.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm view of a geyser steam plume rising from mineral ground, with distant hills and tiny visitors or vehicles near the horizon. — A steam jet rises from the geyser field with hills and small distant figures or vehicles beyond it.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a geyser eruption with steam over mineral-streaked ground, dark hills, and tiny distant visitors or vehicles. — The geyser plume expands over the mineral field as the handheld frame catches the horizon and film wear.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm close view of a dark geothermal vent or pool in mineral-streaked ground, with grain, soft focus, and frame shadowing. — A dark vent or pool sits in textured mineral ground near the end of the shot.

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