Wyoming-1951: Geyser Erupts With Steam Rising Towards The Sky

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Wyoming

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Geyser Erupts With Steam Rising Towards The Sky — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a geyser erupting in Wyoming. Plumes of steam rise from a rocky vent against a pale sky, with dark forested hills in the background. The footage shows natural geothermal activity, viewed through a window frame with visible film grain and scratches, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. The scene is quiet and observational, typical of mid-century amateur travel footage.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127665131

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1951 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: 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: 1950s Wyoming 8mm travel footage useful for documentary or educational requests needing a brief observational view of geothermal activity and steam rising from a geyser vent.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century amateur vacation filming, with a distant natural feature framed through the 8mm camera gate and no visible modern structures or signage.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the eruption from a fixed overlook as the steam plume shifts across the rocky foreground.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a geyser steam plume, pale sky, dark forested ridges, rocky mineral ground, soft focus, film borders, and surface scratches.
Film character: The clip has a subdued 8mm home-movie texture, with visible grain, gate edges, muted color, slight softness, and dust marks from the physical film source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short natural-history cutaway, travel-memory insert, or atmospheric transition within a Wyoming, park, or geothermal sequence.
Historical context: The view reflects postwar amateur travel documentation of a natural landmark area, though the frames do not identify a specific geyser or park sign.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should treat location identification and copyright status as separate clearance questions.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1951 Wyoming geyser 8mm footage, vintage home movie geothermal steam, 1950s travel film geyser eruption, and archival park landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Wyoming 1951 travel footage, and then with broader vintage geothermal or national-park landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a geyser plume rising from a rocky vent with forested hills in the background. — Steam rises from a geyser vent across a rocky geothermal landscape.

1951 Wyoming 8mm view of a geyser eruption, with steam against a pale sky and dark ridges beyond the vent. — A geyser plume thickens against the pale sky and distant ridgeline.

1951 Wyoming home-movie frame with a geyser plume rising from mineral ground, framed by dark hills and visible film wear. — The eruption remains centered as steam rises from the geothermal ground.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a bright steam column rising from a geyser area with dark ridges on both sides. — A bright column of steam rises between dark ridges in the final frame.

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