Yellowstone Wyoming-1967: A Geyser Spasm Followed By A Volcanic Eruption

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

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A Geyser Spasm Followed By A Volcanic Eruption — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic geyser eruption at Yellowstone National Park. The footage opens with a close-up of a red surface bearing the words 'Geyser Spasm Geyser,' followed by a powerful burst of steam and water against a pink-tinged sky. The scene evokes the raw energy of a natural volcanic event, with grainy film texture and warm color tones characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Americana and geological wonder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125883581

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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 Yellowstone travel, geology, park tourism, or vintage home-movie sequences needing a brief geyser eruption insert.
Period detail: The soft 8mm color, red handwritten title card or sign, and visitor framing support the supplied 1967 home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects a visitor-shot perspective, moving from an identifying red title surface to the geyser plume rather than staging a formal scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include red lettering, the words Geyser and Spasm, pink sky, clouds, a rising steam-and-water plume, and dark landscape edges.
Film character: The footage has warm color drift, visible grain, soft focus, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Yellowstone cutaway, a geology transition, a travel-memory beat, or a brief eruption insert between park scenes.
Historical context: The frames show mid-century park-tourism home-movie documentation of a geyser event, with the exact geyser name not independently confirmed from the image alone.
Research note: No people are visible, but the visible wording and supplied brand/logo flag should be reviewed separately from copyright, location, and property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1967 8mm Yellowstone geyser eruption, vintage home movie steam plume, Wyoming national park footage, and archival geyser title card.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1967 Yellowstone or Wyoming travel shots, then broader geyser, hot spring, and national park tourism footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a red title-like surface with soft yellow lettering reading Geyser Spasm Geyser. — Red title surface with repeated Geyser wording and Spasm between the lines.

Close 8mm frame of the red Geyser Spasm Geyser wording before the eruption view. — Soft red title-card detail with Spasm and Geyser lettering.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a geyser burst of steam and water against a pink-tinged cloudy sky. — Geyser eruption plume rising under a pink, clouded sky.

Late frame of the Yellowstone geyser eruption, with pale steam and spray filling the lower scene beneath a pink sky. — Steam and spray spread across the lower frame during the geyser eruption.

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