Aspen Colorado-1961: Passing View Of Tan Mountain Base On A Sunny Day

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationAspen, Colorado, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Aspen Colorado

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Passing View Of Tan Mountain Base On A Sunny Day — Clip Details

ASPEN COLORADO-1961: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a passing view of a rugged mountain base on a sunny day. The footage, shot from a moving vehicle, shows a large tan rock formation and a wooden structure, possibly a mine shaft or storage facility, nestled against the mountainside. The scene includes a small white building and a distinctive orange crane-like structure, with evergreen trees dotting the landscape. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color tones, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American West atmosphere.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127467940

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 1208 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: #2
Reel-level year note: 1961
Reel-level location note: aspen colorado
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Aspen, Colorado, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1960s documentary requests for Aspen-area roadside mountain views, mining-adjacent structures, or Western travel cutaways from real 8mm home-movie footage.
Period detail: The moving roadside view, warm 8mm color, small utility buildings, and orange crane-like structure may show mid-century mountain-town industrial or construction surroundings.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the value of a visitor-shot passing glance from a vehicle, recording a practical roadside landscape rather than a staged scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible details include tan rock slopes, bare roadside trees, a paved road, evergreen-covered mountainside, small white buildings, and an orange crane-like structure.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm home-movie texture through soft focus, warm color shift, visible grain, gate edges, and brief motion blur from filming in transit.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short insert, travel transition, location-establishing cutaway, or memory beat between Aspen or mountain-region scenes.
Historical context: The frames suggest a mountain community where natural terrain, roadside travel, and small industrial or construction elements sit close together.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but visible structures and site identification should still be reviewed separately from copyright clearance.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1961 Aspen Colorado 8mm roadside view, tan mountain base home movie, vintage Colorado mining-area structure, and mountain travel cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Aspen or Colorado footage, then broader mountain roads, mining-area landscapes, and Western travel views.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Aspen-area 8mm frame showing a tan mountain base, roadside trees, and pavement seen from a moving vehicle. — Roadside view of a tan rock formation and bare trees at the mountain base.

Passing 8mm view in Aspen, Colorado, with a tan rocky slope, roadside trees, and motion blur from filming in transit. — Moving-vehicle view past a sunlit tan mountain base and roadside objects.

Aspen-area home-movie frame showing a shadowed roadside, tan mountain base, and bare trees with visible 8mm frame edges. — Shadowed passing view of roadside trees and a rough tan mountain base.

1961 Aspen, Colorado frame with small white utility buildings, an orange crane-like structure, evergreens, and rocky mountainside. — Small buildings and a crane-like structure sit against a wooded mountain slope.

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