Aspen Colorado-1961: Skier in Red Jacket Descends Aspen Slope

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

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Skier in Red Jacket Descends Aspen Slope — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures skiers descending a snowy slope at a mountain resort. A person in a bright red jacket glides down the hill, passing a wooden lodge and a ski lift station under a deep blue sky. The footage shows classic mid-century winter recreation, with visible film grain and the warm, saturated colors characteristic of 1960s home movies. The scene includes a ski lift in operation and snow-covered terrain, evoking a nostalgic sense of 1960s winter sports and family vacations.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127542793

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: Useful for archival requests needing 1960s Aspen winter recreation, mid-century ski resort activity, or documentary inserts of amateur-shot skiing on an active slope.
Period detail: The 8mm home-movie color, clothing, wooden lift-area structures, and metadata-supported 1961 Aspen setting place the scene in early 1960s resort skiing.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the casual observer perspective of a home movie, following skiers as they pass near the lift exit rather than staging a formal sports sequence.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include skiers on packed snow, a red jacket, ski poles, a wooden lift or lodge structure, lift machinery, dark rooflines, bright sun, and a deep blue sky.
Film character: The footage carries saturated 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, slight exposure contrast, and handheld framing that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for winter travel, ski culture, family vacation, or Aspen resort history sequences.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational downhill skiing at a developed mountain resort, showing how visitors moved through lift-area terrain in a mid-century leisure setting.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may still be needed, while separate copyright, location, and property considerations should be assessed for the intended use.
Research search match: Relevant researcher searches include 1961 Aspen 8mm skiing, Colorado ski resort home movie, mid-century ski lift exit, and 1960s winter sports footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1961 Aspen or Colorado ski material, then broader 1960s home-movie winter recreation footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Aspen home-movie frame showing a skier in a red jacket moving downhill on snow below a wooden lift or lodge structure under a dark blue sky. — Skier passes below the lift-area building.

1961 Aspen frame with a skier in red crossing packed snow near the ski lift exit and wooden resort structure. — Skier crosses the slope near the lift exit.

1961 Aspen home-movie frame showing two skiers on a resort slope, with one in red and another darker figure moving through the foreground below the lift-area structure. — Two skiers move through the lift-area slope.

1961 Aspen frame showing a skier in a red jacket turning or gliding downhill beside ski tracks beneath a wooden lift-area platform. — Skier turns below the lift platform.

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