Colorado USA-1938: Evergreens and Mountains with People Walking Path

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1933 Colorado

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Evergreens and Mountains with People Walking Path — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene mountain landscape in Colorado. Tall evergreen trees frame a distant mountain peak under a deep blue sky, with natural film grain and slight color shifts characteristic of early color processes. The scene transitions to a wooded path where two people walk away from the camera, their figures silhouetted against dappled sunlight filtering through the trees. The footage offers a nostalgic glimpse of outdoor recreation in the American West during the late 1930s.

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: 124760981

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: 1938 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: Colorado, 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: Useful for 1930s Colorado outdoor recreation, mountain landscape, hiking, or home-movie cutaway requests in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The clothing and small-gauge color home-movie look may show late-1930s leisure travel, supported by the supplied 1938 Colorado metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged visitor perspective, first pausing on trees and distant mountains before following two walkers on a shaded forest path.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include evergreen trunks, a blue sky, a distant mountain ridge, dark forest shade, a narrow path, and two people walking away.
Film character: The 8mm image has saturated early color, soft focus, visible grain, handheld framing, edge vignetting, and exposure shifts that give it archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic insert, transition from landscape to recreation, or quiet memory beat for Western travel and hiking sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers visual context for prewar American outdoor leisure without identifying the people, exact trail, or mountain shown in the frames.
Research note: People are visible from behind, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos or private property are apparent, and copyright status is separate from depicted rights.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Colorado 8mm mountain home movie, evergreen forest hiking footage, blue sky mountain landscape, and vintage outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Colorado travel footage, then with broader vintage hiking, mountain, and forest recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Colorado home-movie frame with tall evergreen trees, blue sky, and a distant mountain ridge. — Evergreen trunks and a distant mountain peak seen from a wooded Colorado setting.

A tall evergreen tree rises in the foreground, with a Colorado mountain ridge visible beyond it. — Foreground evergreen and distant mountain ridge under clear blue sky.

Two people walk away from the camera along a dark wooded path in 1938 Colorado footage. — Two walkers move through a shaded evergreen forest path.

Two walkers, seen mostly from behind, follow a narrow path through dense Colorado forest shade. — Walkers continue along a narrow wooded trail beneath tall trees.

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