Mount Washington New Hampshire-1977: Passengers Stand on a Cog Railway Coach Platform as Steam Billows Past

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationMount Washington, New Hampshire, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · Mount Washington, New Hampshire, United States
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1977 · Mount Washington & New Hampshire · Reel 10484d3e contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

family vacation
heritage railway
steam travel
mountain tourism
1970s leisure
childhood memories
sightseeing crowds

Shot type: medium
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Open end platform of a railway passenger coach at a mountain cog railway, with steam, grass and an overcast sky
Time and weather: day · summer · overcast
Lighting: Flat, diffuse overcast daylight
People: 7 · A man in a red jacket with folded arms, a small boy in a blue jacket and pale sun helmet, a girl in a headscarf and dark coat, a person in a plaid shirt, a boy in a dark jacket with white sleeves, plus out-of-focus onlookers in the foreground.
Vehicles: cog railway passenger coach · steam locomotive
Landmarks: Mount Washington Cog Railway
Objects: coach end platform railing · coach windows · locomotive smokestack · steam plume
Colors: blue · violet · red · white · green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Steam wraps the end of the coach as passengers stand on its platform.
A man in red folds his arms beside a small boy in a sun helmet.
The camera drifts and more of the coach's window side comes into view.
A boy in a two-tone jacket stands at the front as steam drifts at right.

Passengers Stand on a Cog Railway Coach Platform as... — Clip Details

Mount Washington Cog Railway, New Hampshire, circa 1977 home movie footage. A small group stands on the open end platform of a dark coach while white steam rises from the locomotive behind it: a man in a red jacket with folded arms, a small boy in a blue jacket and pale sun helmet, a girl in a headscarf and a boy in a two-tone jacket. Blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground. The single handheld shot holds on the group, drifting slightly, in faded Super 8 colour with a blue cast.

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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: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000990

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1977 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: Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 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: Answers requests for 1970s family-vacation footage of a steam mountain railway, useful in travel, railway heritage and New England documentaries.
Period detail: A varsity-style jacket, a headscarf, a child's sun helmet and faded blue-cast colour may show late-1970s dress and Super 8 film stock.
Home-movie behavior: Shot from the crowd by a fellow visitor, it catches a family posing self-consciously on the coach while steam swirls, with onlookers' heads intruding at the bottom of the frame.
What appears in frame: The frame holds a dark passenger coach with an open end platform, a man in a red jacket, a small boy in a sun helmet, a girl in a headscarf, a boy in a two-tone jacket, and white steam against an overcast sky.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, dust specks and a strong blue-violet colour shift give the shot the texture of an aged amateur Super 8 reel.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat inside a railway or family-trip sequence, or as a transition into mountain scenery.
Historical context: The Mount Washington Cog Railway, running since 1869 and described as the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway, was a family attraction in the White Mountains in this period.
Research note: Identifiable adults and minors appear and no releases are known, the railway's equipment is privately owned property, and copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property rights.
Research search match: Fits searches such as Super 8 cog railway passengers, 1970s Mount Washington home movie, family on steam train platform, and vintage New Hampshire vacation footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel's alpine slide riders, child feeding a deer, Story Land entrance sign and shoe and boot maker sign, then with other White Mountains footage from the late 1970s, then with other steam train passenger clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Family on a Mount Washington Cog Railway coach platform wrapped in steam, New Hampshire, circa 1977 — Passengers on the end platform of a Mount Washington Cog Railway coach as steam rises from the locomotive, circa 1977.
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Man in red jacket and small boy in sun helmet on a steam cog railway coach, Mount Washington, circa 1977 — A man with folded arms and a small boy in a sun helmet stand on the coach as steam drifts past, circa 1977.
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Passengers and the windowed side of a Mount Washington Cog Railway coach under grey skies, New Hampshire, circa 1977 — The camera drifts to show more of the coach's window side behind the posing passengers, circa 1977.
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Boy in varsity-style jacket on a Mount Washington Cog Railway coach with steam drifting, circa 1977 Super 8 — A boy in a two-tone jacket stands at the front of the group on the cog railway coach, circa 1977.
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