Yellowstone Wyoming-1967: Classic Car Narrowly Misses Black Bear On Winding Forest Road

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Year1967
Decade1960s
LocationYellowstone, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1967 Yellowstone Wyoming

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Classic Car Narrowly Misses Black Bear On Winding Forest... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a tense moment on a winding mountain road in Yellowstone Wyoming. A dark-colored classic car navigates a sharp curve through a dense forest as a black bear crosses the road directly in its path. The footage, shot from a moving vehicle, shows the car narrowly missing the animal in the dim, cool-toned light of dusk or early evening. The scene is filled with the grain and color shifts characteristic of Super 8 film, evoking a sense of real-time adventure and wildlife encounter in the American wilderness.

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: 125883201

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: 1967 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: Yellowstone, 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 Yellowstone road-trip footage suited for documentary edits about park travel, wildlife encounters, family vacations, or driving through western forests.
Period detail: The dark classic car, narrow paved road, and home-movie framing may show mid-1960s visitor travel through Yellowstone rather than a staged wildlife scene.
Home-movie behavior: The scene carries the unstaged value of a visitor filming from a moving vehicle as traffic and a bear crossing unfold in real time.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a winding forest road, dense conifers, a dark classic car, a black bear near the lane, cool dusk-toned light, and a partial in-car silhouette.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows heavy grain, blue color shift, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld vehicle motion that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, transition, or tension beat for a road trip, wildlife hazard, national park memory, or vintage travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage reflects visitor access to forested park roads and close wildlife proximity in a 1960s home-movie context, without identifying a specific road or landmark.
Research note: People are only partly visible as vehicle silhouettes, but likeness, copyright, location, and wildlife-use context should still be reviewed before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 Yellowstone 8mm road trip, black bear crossing road, classic car forest curve, and vintage national park home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Yellowstone or Wyoming footage from 1967, then broader 1960s road-trip and wildlife encounter material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a dark classic car on a winding forest road as a black bear moves near its path. — A classic car rounds the forest curve as a bear crosses low in front of it.

Dark car drives away through a Yellowstone forest curve with a partial passenger silhouette visible in the foreground. — The car moves farther along the curve, filmed from inside another vehicle.

1967 Yellowstone road footage with a distant classic car, dark conifers, and a partial in-car figure at the bottom of frame. — A distant car follows the bend through the forest as the camera vehicle continues moving.

A classic car passes close to the camera vehicle on a winding Yellowstone forest road, with a dark passenger silhouette in front. — The car passes near the filming vehicle after the near-miss on the forest road.

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