Wyoming-1951: Dry Rocky Canyon with Evergreen Trees

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

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Dry Rocky Canyon with Evergreen Trees — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1951, this vintage home movie captures a rugged, sun-drenched canyon landscape in Wyoming. The footage reveals a dry, rocky terrain with sparse evergreen trees clinging to the slopes. A weathered stone wall or retaining structure runs horizontally across the middle of the frame, suggesting human presence in the remote wilderness. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, warm color tones, and natural shadows, evoking a sense of mid-century Americana and outdoor exploration. This archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content about 1950s American landscapes.

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: 127666622

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 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

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 1950s Wyoming landscape requests needing brief home-movie canyon, rock, evergreen, or dry Western terrain cutaways.
Period detail: The scene may show a mid-century visitor's view of a rocky Wyoming canyon, with no visible vehicles, clothing, signage, or structures beyond a low stone wall for closer dating.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds on scenery from a distant, unstaged vantage point, preserving a traveler-style record of place rather than a composed scenic film.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale canyon slopes, dark rock outcrops, scattered evergreen trees, a horizontal stone wall, strong sun shadows, and black film-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and slight frame instability that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short landscape insert, travel transition, geographic establishing beat, or quiet memory cutaway in a Western or outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a dry canyon landscape with sparse vegetation and a small human-made wall, suggesting recreation or travel through rugged Wyoming terrain.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but the stone wall and exact site identity may still need project-specific property and copyright review.
Research search match: Search matches include 1951 Wyoming 8mm canyon landscape, vintage home movie rocky dry terrain, evergreen trees on canyon slope, and stone wall in Western landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1951 Wyoming footage, then broader mid-century Western canyon, desert, rock, and travel landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a dry rocky canyon slope, scattered evergreens, deep shadows, and a low stone wall. — Dry canyon terrain with evergreens and a stone wall seen from a distant home-movie viewpoint.

1951 Wyoming 8mm view of pale canyon terrain, dark rock formations, scattered evergreens, and a stone retaining wall. — Rock formations and sparse trees surround a low stone wall in a dry canyon scene.

1951 Wyoming home-movie frame of a rugged canyon slope with a stone wall, evergreen trees, and high-contrast sunlight. — A rugged slope, wall, and trees fill the frame with dark canyon shadows along the edges.

1951 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a dry canyon hillside, dark rock shapes, scattered evergreens, and a low stone wall. — The final sampled frame keeps the same distant view of canyon rock, trees, and stonework.

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