Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: Smoke Blooming From Explosive Testing Site Shifts In The

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

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Smoke Blooming From Explosive Testing Site Shifts In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic plume of smoke billowing from an explosive test site in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The footage shows a powerful column of white vapor rising into a cloudy sky, with the surrounding landscape appearing flat and barren. The film exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics—slight grain, soft focus, and a faded teal color grade—evoking a sense of mid-century scientific testing and Cold War-era experimentation. The smoke shifts and expands across the frame, suggesting a controlled detonation or industrial blast.

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: 125291562

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 documentary requests needing home-movie footage of a distant smoke plume from an apparent test or blast site in Wyoming.
Period detail: The 8mm frame, faded color, soft focus, and 1961 metadata support a mid-century home-movie view of open terrain near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a distant, fixed visitor perspective as the plume rises and drifts, giving the event an unstaged home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white smoke column, low open ground, distant dark ridges, scattered clouds, teal sky, film gate borders, and a small sign-like object.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, visible grain, faded teal color, slight exposure variation, and contact-sheet frame edges.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for testing, Cold War-era science, or western landscape context.
Historical context: The clip visually suggests a controlled detonation or industrial test, but the frames alone do not identify the agency, purpose, or exact site.
Research note: No people, logos, or clear private property are visible, but copyright, site permissions, and any test-related restrictions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 8mm Cheyenne Wyoming smoke plume, vintage explosive test footage, or home movie blast site landscape may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with neighboring shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Cheyenne or Wyoming footage, then broader smoke, blast, testing, or Cold War-era visuals.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 8mm frame from Cheyenne, Wyoming showing a distant white smoke plume rising over open terrain under scattered clouds. — A white plume rises from a distant flat site beneath a clouded sky.

A large white smoke column expands above the low Wyoming horizon, with dark ridges and clouds behind it. — The smoke column grows and spreads above the distant horizon.

The distant plume appears to drift across the open Cheyenne-area landscape, recorded in soft 8mm color. — The plume shifts laterally across the open ground.

The smoke disperses across the horizon in a faded 1961 8mm view, with a small sign-like object visible near the lower frame. — The smoke thins and spreads while a small sign-like object sits near the foreground edge.

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