Aspen Colorado-1961: Two Skiers On A Ski Lift

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

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Two Skiers On A Ski Lift — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures two skiers ascending a snowy mountain on a chairlift in Aspen, Colorado. The skier in the foreground wears a blue jacket with orange stripes and sunglasses, while their companion in a cream-colored jacket and green pants smiles and waves. Bare aspen trees line the snowy slope under bright winter light, with other skiers visible on the lift behind them. The footage features natural film grain, warm color tones, and a handheld perspective, evoking authentic 1960s winter recreation.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127542850

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: 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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or commercial edits needing authentic Aspen ski recreation and chairlift travel from home-movie footage.
Period detail: The clothing, simple chairlift, 8mm color stock, and metadata-supported 1961 Aspen setting point to early-1960s winter resort recreation.
Home-movie behavior: The companion on the chairlift smiles and waves toward the camera, giving the clip an unstaged family-travel or vacation-home-movie quality.
What appears in frame: Visible details include two skiers on a red chairlift, sunglasses, winter jackets, skis, snow-covered slope, bare aspen trees, and riders behind them.
Film character: The footage carries visible 8mm grain, warm color, soft focus, gate edges, and slight handheld framing that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a winter-sports cutaway, vacation memory beat, Aspen establishing insert, or transition within a ski-resort sequence.
Historical context: The clip shows recreational skiing culture in a metadata-supported 1961 Aspen setting without making claims about a specific resort run or event.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness and privacy review may be needed separately from copyright or footage licensing checks.
Research search match: Searches such as 1961 Aspen skiing home movie, 8mm chairlift skiers, vintage Colorado ski vacation, and 1960s winter recreation match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then Aspen or Colorado footage from 1961, then broader 1960s ski and winter recreation scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1961 Aspen, two skiers ride a chairlift, one in a blue jacket and sunglasses and one in a cream jacket beside bare trees. — Two skiers approach the camera on a chairlift over a snowy, tree-lined slope.

Two skiers on a red chairlift ascend through a snowy Aspen slope in 1961, with another chair and bare trees behind them. — The chairlift carries the pair past leafless trees, with other riders farther up the line.

On a 1961 Aspen chairlift, the skier in a cream jacket raises a hand while sitting beside a skier in a blue jacket. — One skier waves toward the camera as the chair continues up the snowy slope.

The two Aspen skiers pass near the camera on the chairlift, with skis dangling above snow and bare trees beside the lift line. — The pair passes close by on the chairlift, framed by snow, skis, and winter trees.

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