Yellowstone Wyoming-1967: Hot Water Spewing Into The Air Like Lava From A Rocket Geyser

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

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Hot Water Spewing Into The Air Like Lava From A Rocket... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1967, this vintage home movie captures a dramatic geyser eruption at Yellowstone National Park. The footage shows a powerful jet of hot water and steam shooting skyward from the ground, surrounded by rocky terrain. The scene is bathed in a distinct red tint, likely due to film degradation or infrared effects, giving it a surreal, otherworldly quality. A sign reading 'ROCKET GEYSER' confirms the location. The grainy texture and color shifts are characteristic of Super 8 home movie footage from the era. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century natural phenomena and amateur filmmaking.

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: 125883590

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: 1967 8mm Yellowstone footage supports documentary, museum, education, or editorial requests for mid-century visitor views of geyser activity in Wyoming.
Period detail: The red-tinted 8mm image, handheld framing, and park sign may show a 1960s tourist home-movie record of Rocket Geyser at Yellowstone.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving between the erupting geyser, rocky ground, steam, and the confirming park sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a geyser plume, steam, mineral-crusted ground, reddish film color, rocky edges, and a Rocket Geyser sign.
Film character: The footage has pronounced grain, soft focus, red color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld framing consistent with scanned 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a natural-history cutaway, Yellowstone insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into geothermal landscape material.
Historical context: The scene documents how a park visitor visually encountered a geyser eruption in the 1960s without showing people or organized park activity.
Research note: No people are visible, but the readable Rocket Geyser sign and park location should be reviewed separately from copyright and footage licensing.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1967 Yellowstone 8mm geyser footage, Rocket Geyser home movie, Wyoming geothermal eruption, and red-tinted vintage park film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1967 Yellowstone or Wyoming clips, then broader geyser, hot spring, national park, and home-movie travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1967 8mm Yellowstone frame showing a geyser plume lifting from mineral-covered ground in a red-tinted image. — A geyser eruption rises from rocky terrain in the red-shifted home-movie footage.

Soft 8mm Yellowstone view of steam and mineral ground near the geyser vent, tinted red by the film image. — Steam and mineral-crusted terrain fill the frame during the geyser activity.

Handheld 1967 Yellowstone frame with soft focus on steam, rock, and mineral ground around Rocket Geyser. — The camera stays low on the geyser terrain, with steam and rock softened by the film texture.

1967 Yellowstone 8mm frame showing a readable Rocket Geyser sign next to red-tinted geyser terrain. — A park sign identifies the location as Rocket Geyser beside the geothermal ground.

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