Yellowstone Wyoming-1967: Film Quality Footage Of Volcano Erupting With Closeup

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

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Film Quality Footage Of Volcano Erupting With Closeup — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic volcanic eruption at Yellowstone Wyoming. The footage begins with intense red and orange hues, suggesting a close-up of molten lava or fiery ash. As the scene unfolds, a towering plume of smoke and debris erupts from the earth, rising into the sky against a hazy, reddish backdrop. The grainy texture and color distortion are characteristic of Super 8 film from the era, offering authentic archival footage of a natural disaster. This raw, unfiltered moment provides a powerful glimpse into a geological event, ideal for historical documentaries, nature studies, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-up
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125883585

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: 1960s 8mm Yellowstone footage for documentary or educational requests needing a brief geyser-like eruption, steam plume, or geothermal cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show analog color 8mm texture and heavy red-orange cast, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signs, or landmarks to add period detail beyond the supplied 1967 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot home-movie perspective, holding close on a natural plume as the exposure and color shift through the brief event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a reddish sky or haze, pale steam or spray, a dark horizontal ridge, rough ground, soft focus, film grain, and color fading.
Film character: The footage carries dense grain, soft focus, flicker, reddish color shift, and uneven exposure typical of scanned small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, transition, or atmospheric cutaway for geothermal activity, volcanic imagery, travel memory, or archival nature coverage.
Historical context: The clip visually supports mid-century amateur filming of a dramatic natural feature, though the frames alone do not verify a specific eruption or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status, source permissions, and location claims before publication.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1967 8mm Yellowstone geyser plume, vintage geothermal eruption closeup, red-tinted home movie nature footage, and 1960s Wyoming steam vent.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone or Wyoming material, then broader geothermal, volcano, steam, or national park footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame with heavy red color cast, haze, and a faint pale steam or spray form emerging in soft focus. — A red-tinted, soft-focus view suggests the start of a steam or spray plume.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing reddish haze and a faint vertical steam or spray form, with low contrast and visible film texture. — A faint plume appears through dark red haze and film grain.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame with a pale steam or spray plume rising from rough ground behind a dark ridge under a reddish cast. — A pale plume rises from the ground, framed by a dark horizontal ridge.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a bright pale steam or spray plume above reddish terrain and a dark ridge, with grain and color fading. — The plume is brightest here, rising above reddish terrain and a dark ridge.

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