Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: A Car Drives Down The Road Then Is Shown Stopped Beside

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Cheyenne Wyoming

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A Car Drives Down The Road Then Is Shown Stopped Beside — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a road trip through a forested area in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The footage begins with a view from inside a car, showing a vintage automobile driving down a narrow, tree-lined road. As the journey continues, the car stops beside the road, revealing two black bears walking near the vehicle. The grainy, green-tinted image and natural lighting evoke a sense of mid-century Americana and wildlife encounter. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, and history educators.

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: 125291534

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: 1961 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: Cheyenne, 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a road-trip wildlife encounter with a car stopped near bears in a wooded Wyoming setting.
Period detail: The rounded mid-century automobile, dashboard viewpoint, narrow road, and green-tinted 8mm image support a 1961 road-trip setting, while precise vehicle make is not identifiable.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming from inside a moving car before pausing beside the road to record bears near the vehicle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a car windshield view, a tree-lined dirt or gravel road, a distant automobile, roadside brush, two black bears, and a parked light-colored sedan.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows coarse grain, soft focus, green color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or memory beat for mid-century travel, roadside wildlife, family vacation, or national-park-style journey sequences.
Historical context: The footage reflects a mid-century leisure-travel viewpoint in which wildlife is observed from close range near a roadside stop, without establishing a specific park or landmark.
Research note: People may be visible inside the car, so likeness review may be needed, while copyright, location, vehicle, and animal-context permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1961 Wyoming home movie road trip, 8mm forest road car, vintage roadside bear encounter, and mid-century family travel wildlife footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Cheyenne or Wyoming travel footage, then with broader mid-century road-trip and wildlife encounter material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm home-movie frame showing a blurred windshield view at the start of a wooded road sequence in Wyoming. — A soft, green-tinted view through the windshield opens the roadside travel sequence.

View from inside a moving car on a narrow wooded road, with a distant automobile ahead in 1961 Wyoming footage. — The camera looks over the hood toward a car farther down the tree-lined road.

Handheld 8mm view from a car traveling along a narrow forest road, with another vehicle ahead in the distance. — The moving-car viewpoint continues along the wooded road toward a distant vehicle.

1961 Wyoming home-movie frame showing two black bears near a stopped light-colored sedan on a wooded roadside. — Two bears move near the roadside while a light-colored sedan is stopped nearby.

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