Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: Geyser Shooting Water Stream High Into Air Blue Sky With

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

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Geyser Shooting Water Stream High Into Air Blue Sky With — Clip Details

CHEYENNE WYOMING-1961: A powerful geyser erupts in a towering plume of water and steam against a vibrant blue sky dotted with puffy white clouds. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the natural force of the eruption from a low angle, with the geyser's cone-shaped spray rising high above the surrounding landscape. The vintage color palette and film grain lend a nostalgic, authentic feel to this archival home movie clip, showcasing a classic natural phenomenon in the American West.

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: 125291552

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$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

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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 documentary or educational edits needing a brief natural-geology cutaway of a geyser eruption in Wyoming.
Period detail: The visible period clues come mainly from the 8mm color stock, soft grain, and contact-print look rather than clothing, vehicles, signs, or built surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot viewpoint, holding on the erupting plume from a low outdoor angle as the water column rises and shifts in the wind.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall white geyser plume, blue sky, scattered cumulus clouds, low distant hills, open ground, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm color grain, soft focus, slight exposure variation, and frame-edge darkness that give it a physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, science cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about geothermal landscapes or the American West.
Historical context: The scene documents mid-century tourist or amateur filming of a geothermal eruption, with the natural spectacle emphasized over surrounding infrastructure.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and any location-specific permissions separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1960s 8mm geyser eruption, Wyoming home movie geothermal footage, blue sky water plume, and vintage nature science cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Wyoming material, then broader 1960s travel, nature, and geology footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm Wyoming footage shows a geyser plume shooting upward against blue sky, clouds, and a low hillside. — A geyser erupts in a tall white column beneath scattered clouds.

The geyser plume towers over open terrain in this 1961 Wyoming 8mm frame, with hills and clouds in the distance. — A broad geyser eruption rises from the open landscape.

A bright water-and-steam column fills much of the 8mm frame, with blue sky, clouds, and a low Wyoming hillside behind it. — The geyser column fills the frame as it rises above the landscape.

The geyser spray softens into a bright plume against a blue sky in this 1961 Wyoming home-movie frame. — A close view catches the geyser plume spreading near the top.

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