Yellowstone Wyoming-1967: Black Bear Crossing Road at Night with Passing Cars

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

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Black Bear Crossing Road at Night with Passing Cars — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic nighttime scene at Yellowstone Wyoming. A black bear crosses a winding road under the glow of car headlights, its silhouette stark against the dark asphalt. Classic American automobiles from the era pass by, their taillights glowing red. The footage transitions to a daytime view of a blue lake and rugged mountain landscape, showcasing the park's natural beauty. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain and color shifts, with deep blues and shadows creating a moody, nostalgic atmosphere. This archival footage offers a rare glimpse of wildlife and travel in the American West during the late 1960s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125883202

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: 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: Useful for 1960s documentary or educational edits needing Yellowstone visitor-shot wildlife, road travel, and western landscape context from 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The night road scene may show mid-1960s American automobiles, with the 1967 date and Yellowstone, Wyoming location supported by supplied clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged visitor perspective, watching a bear near traffic and then turning to a scenic lake and mountain view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a dark bear silhouette, curving paved road, car headlights or taillights, classic cars, blue lake water, rugged hills, sky, and heavy shadow.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows dense grain, blue color shift, low-light exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief wildlife insert, travel-memory beat, or transition from roadside danger to daytime Yellowstone landscape.
Historical context: The footage visually documents park tourism and roadside wildlife viewing before contemporary framing practices, without identifying people, brands, or specific landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status, park permissions, wildlife-use context, and location specificity should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Searches such as 1967 Yellowstone 8mm bear crossing road, 1960s Wyoming wildlife home movie, and vintage national park lake landscape would match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone or Wyoming travel footage, then broader 1960s national park wildlife and road-trip material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1967 Yellowstone home-movie footage, a dark bear silhouette moves near a winding road lit by passing cars at night. — A bear crosses or moves beside a dark park road as traffic passes at night.

A 1967 Yellowstone road scene shows classic cars passing while a bear appears as a dark shape near the lower frame. — Classic cars pass on the road while the bear remains low and shadowed in the foreground.

Daytime 1967 Yellowstone landscape footage shows a blue-toned sky over a dark rugged hillside. — The clip shifts from the night road to a blue-toned mountain landscape.

A blue lake and rocky hillside appear in a 1967 Yellowstone scenic view from the same home-movie clip. — A blue lake sits beneath a rugged hillside in the closing scenic frame.

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