Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1971: Larger Than Life Moose Crosses The Road Much To

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationYellowstone, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Larger Than Life Moose Crosses The Road Much To — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1971, this vintage home movie captures a majestic elk with large antlers crossing a paved road in Yellowstone National Park. The scene unfolds from a car window, showing the elk moving calmly through the roadway as classic American automobiles pass by. The surrounding landscape features dense pine forests and open grassy areas, with other elk visible in the background. The footage exhibits natural film grain, slight color fading, and a nostalgic 1970s aesthetic, offering authentic wildlife and road trip footage from a bygone era.

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: 124747547

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: 1971 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm Yellowstone wildlife footage for productions needing visitor-shot road-trip views of a large antlered elk crossing near park traffic.
Period detail: The clip may show early-1970s park travel through the visible 8mm color stock, roadside automobiles, paved two-lane road, and casual car-window filming style.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries an unstaged visitor perspective as the camera watches wildlife from inside or beside a car while traffic slows around the animal.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a large antlered elk, paved road, pine trees, grassy parkland, distant elk, passing cars, and the edge of a vehicle hood.
Film character: Soft 8mm grain, muted color, slight exposure variation, and handheld framing give the scene a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife insert, road-trip cutaway, Yellowstone memory beat, or transition between travel and nature sequences.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor encounters with large wildlife along park roads, with cars and animals sharing the same visible roadway space.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright, location permissions, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1971 Yellowstone 8mm elk crossing road, vintage park wildlife, antlered elk on roadway, and home movie road trip footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1971 Yellowstone or Wyoming travel footage, then broader vintage national park wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a large antlered elk stepping across a paved road as a car approaches in the distance. — A large antlered elk crosses the roadway while park traffic waits behind it.

Antlered elk continues across a Yellowstone road in 1971, with roadside trees, grass, and classic cars visible behind it. — The elk moves calmly across the lane as cars pass or wait in the background.

Large antlered elk crosses near a bend in a Yellowstone road, framed by pine forest and a distant vehicle. — The elk reaches the far side of the road near a wooded curve.

From a car-window view in Yellowstone, an elk stands near the vehicle while other elk graze in open grass among trees. — The camera looks past the car hood toward elk gathered in the grassy parkland.

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