Wyoming-1951: Geyser Eruption with Steam and Water

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Year1951
Decade1950s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Wyoming

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Geyser Eruption with Steam and Water — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures the dramatic eruption of a geyser in Wyoming. Thick plumes of steam and water surge skyward from a geothermal vent, surrounded by rocky terrain and dark forested hills under an overcast sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural film imperfections, offering authentic archival footage of a natural phenomenon. The sequence shows the eruption's progression, from initial burst to billowing steam, providing a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century nature observation.

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: 127665148

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 home-movie footage suited to documentary or educational requests for geothermal activity, natural eruption visuals, and mid-century travel observation.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-century visitor view of a geyser or geothermal vent, with no visible people, vehicles, signage, or landmarks to further identify the site.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries the observational value of a visitor filming a natural eruption from a fixed vantage point rather than a staged scientific record.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a geyser plume, drifting steam, pale sky, low rocky ground, dark hillside forms, frame bars, scratches, and dust specks.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, muted color, visible grain, exposure fluctuation, gate edges, and vertical scratches that support its physical home-movie character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, science cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about geothermal landscapes or natural forces.
Historical context: The clip visually reflects home-movie documentation of outdoor natural phenomena in Wyoming, without enough visible detail to identify a specific geyser basin or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should separately assess copyright status and any location or agency restrictions for publication.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1951 Wyoming 8mm geyser eruption, vintage home movie geothermal steam, mid-century Yellowstone-style geyser footage, and archival natural eruption cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1951 Wyoming material, then broader 1950s geothermal, national park, science, and nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a pale steam plume from a geothermal vent, partly obscured by film gate bars and soft focus. — Steam begins rising from the geothermal vent across rocky ground.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame with a growing geyser steam cloud, low terrain, dark distant hills, and visible film-frame borders. — The plume thickens as steam spreads across the frame.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame where dense geyser steam nearly washes out the view, with vertical scratches and dark film borders visible. — Dense steam overtakes much of the view during the eruption.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing drifting geyser steam over low rocky terrain, with muted color, scratches, and strong gate-edge shadows. — The eruption settles into drifting steam across the landscape.

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