Vernal Utah-1978: Stone Museum Entrance Sign With a Skeleton Cast Rising Behind It

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationVernal, Utah, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Vernal, Utah, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

museum visit
road trip
dinosaurs
paleontology
tourism
summer vacation
signage

Shot type: close-up
Camera: handheld · static
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped museum grounds with lawn, shade trees, flower bed and brick building
Time and weather: midday · summer · Clear and sunny
Lighting: Bright direct sunlight
People: 1 · One distant figure in white clothing partly hidden behind the fence at right; not identifiable.
Landmarks: Dinosaur Natural History Museum
Objects: stone entrance sign · green shield emblem · dinosaur skeleton cast · chain-link fence · brick building · flower bed · concrete walkway · sign posts
Readable signs: DINOSAUR NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Colors: sandy tan · deep green · sky blue · yellow · brick red
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The shot opens slightly dark on the stone museum sign.
Exposure settles and the lettering and skeleton cast read clearly.
The camera holds steady on the sign with the brick building and fence behind.
The shot ends on the same framing of sign, skeleton and trees.

Stone Museum Entrance Sign With a Skeleton Cast Rising... — Clip Details

Vernal, Utah, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a rounded stone entrance sign lettered 'Dinosaur Natural History Museum' with a small green shield emblem. Behind it a dark mounted dinosaur skeleton cast rises in front of a low brick building, a chain-link fence, tall shade trees and a bed of yellow flowers. The single handheld Super 8 shot holds the sign at close range for about five seconds in bright summer sun, with warm, saturated colour.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002242

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1978 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: Vernal, Utah, 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: Serves requests for late-1970s Utah tourism or museum visits, giving a readable location title shot for documentaries on road trips, paleontology displays or the American West.
Period detail: The warm saturated Super 8 colour and the plain lettered stone sign may show late-1970s museum styling, though no vehicles or clothing in frame give a firm date.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor on a family road trip stops to record the museum's name sign before filming the garden, the way travellers logged each stop on their reel.
What appears in frame: A rounded stone sign with black lettering and a green shield, a dark skeleton cast behind it, a brick building, a chain-link fence, tall trees and yellow flowers.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with visible grain, rich warm colour, deep blue sky and a slightly dark opening that settles into even sunlit exposure.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or location title card ahead of the dinosaur-garden model shots from the same reel.
Historical context: The checked facts record that the Utah Field House in Vernal opened in 1948 and that its garden of life-size replicas was installed around 1977–78.
Research note: The film's copyright is separate from rights in the sign's shield emblem and the skeleton cast; one distant person is unidentifiable, and commercial uses may need further review.
Research search match: Researchers may search for 'Dinosaur Natural History Museum sign', 'Vernal Utah 1970s home movie', 'Super 8 dinosaur museum' or 'Utah road trip circa 1978'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's dinosaur skeleton, triceratops, stegosaurus and mammoth model clips, then with its Flaming Gorge shots, then with other museum-sign footage from the period.

Still Frames From This Clip

Dinosaur Natural History Museum stone sign in Vernal, Utah, circa 1978, skeleton cast rising behind — The museum's stone entrance sign in summer sun, with a mounted skeleton cast behind it, circa 1978.
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Close view of the Vernal, Utah museum sign, circa 1978, with chain-link fence and yellow flowers — Lawn, fence and a bed of yellow flowers frame the museum sign on a clear day.
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Skeleton cast neck and ribs above the Dinosaur Natural History Museum sign, Utah, circa 1978 Super 8 — The cast's long neck and ribs rise above the sign's top edge.
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Final frame of the Vernal, Utah museum entrance sign on its posts, circa 1978 home movie — The shot closes on the sign held steady, brick wall at right and shade trees beyond.
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