Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: Natural Geiger Releasing Steam On A Partly Cloudy Day

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

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Natural Geiger Releasing Steam On A Partly Cloudy Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures Old Faithful geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park. The iconic geothermal feature shoots a powerful plume of steam and water into the air against a partly cloudy sky. Lush green forest surrounds the geyser basin, with a wide, open landscape stretching into the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and slight camera shake, offering authentic archival footage of a natural wonder during a mid-century American road trip. Ideal for documentaries, nostalgic content, and history educators.

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: 125291547

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: 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 geyser footage suited to documentary inserts about American road trips, geothermal landscapes, and public-land sightseeing.
Period detail: The clip may show a mid-century visitor view of Old Faithful or a similar geyser, with no visible cars, signs, clothing, or people to confirm period details beyond the supplied 1961 8mm metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The static, slightly handheld framing gives the scene the feel of a visitor pausing to record a landmark eruption from a distant viewing area.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white geyser plume, pale geyser basin, dark tree line, low hills, blue-green sky, scattered clouds, and rounded 8mm frame edges.
Film character: Soft focus, muted color, visible grain, gate edges, and light handheld instability give the shot recognizable small-gauge home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition into material about Yellowstone, geothermal activity, or family road-trip landscapes.
Historical context: The view reflects tourist-shot documentation of a geothermal landscape, emphasizing the open basin and eruption rather than visitor facilities or crowds.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private interiors are visible, but location identification and copyright status should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 8mm geyser eruption, vintage Yellowstone home movie, Old Faithful travel footage, and mid-century geothermal landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with confirmed Yellowstone or 1961 travel footage, then with broader geyser, hot spring, and national park material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm home-movie frame showing a distant geyser eruption across an open basin, with forested hills and a partly cloudy sky. — A distant geyser plume rises over the basin with clouds and tree line behind it.

Distant geyser plume appears against a partly cloudy sky in this 1961 8mm travel view of a broad geothermal basin. — The eruption continues in the distance, framed by a low forested ridge.

Soft-focus 1961 8mm frame of a geyser eruption seen from across an open basin, with hills and scattered clouds beyond. — A white plume rises from the basin in a soft, slightly faded film frame.

Final 1961 8mm frame shows the geyser plume tapering above the pale basin, with a dark forested slope and clouds behind it. — The geyser plume remains visible above the open basin near the end of the clip.

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