Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: Geyser Eruption With Thick Steam Plume In The Sky

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

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Geyser Eruption With Thick Steam Plume In The Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic geyser eruption in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The powerful plume of steam and water shoots skyward against a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds, viewed through the characteristic frame of an old film projector. The footage shows the geyser's full force, with thick, billowing steam rising from the ground, and a small sign visible at the base in one frame. The natural event unfolds with raw, unfiltered energy, showcasing the beauty and power of geothermal activity in a classic Super 8 home movie style.

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: 125291550

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: Useful for 1960s travel, nature, or roadside-attraction edits needing brief home-movie footage of a geyser-like steam and water eruption.
Period detail: The 8mm color stock, projector gate edges, and soft handheld framing support an early-1960s home-movie travel context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on the plume as the eruption rises and drifts rather than staging a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall white steam plume, pale water spray, blue sky, scattered clouds, distant low landscape, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm grain, mild color fading, gate shadows, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short natural-event insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition into geothermal landscape material.
Historical context: The view documents mid-century leisure filming of a dramatic outdoor natural feature, with the location based on supplied clip metadata.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but location identity and any site permissions should be checked separately from copyright.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1961 8mm geyser eruption, vintage home movie steam plume, Wyoming travel footage, and mid-century geothermal scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then with 1961 Wyoming or Cheyenne material, then with broader geyser, steam, and natural-event footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm home-movie frame of a geyser-like steam plume rising into a blue sky, based on supplied Wyoming metadata. — A tall column of steam and spray rises sharply against a cloud-dotted sky.

The eruption plume remains high in the frame, with soft 8mm color and dark projector-gate borders visible. — The plume continues upward, partly diffused by steam at the top of the frame.

A wider lower view shows the geyser-like eruption rising from the ground with distant landscape and 8mm film texture. — Steam and water spray billow from the ground with a low horizon visible behind it.

The plume thins and bends as it rises, with the supplied metadata identifying the clip as 1961 Wyoming home-movie footage. — The steam column drifts and curls as the eruption continues beneath scattered clouds.

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