Vernal Utah-1978: Life-Size Sauropod Skeleton Cast on Steel Supports Outside a Museum

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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

dinosaurs
natural history museums
paleontology
family road trip
roadside attractions
summer vacation
American West tourism

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tilt · pan
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped museum grounds beside a paved lot in a small town, with brick buildings and shade trees
Time and weather: midday · summer · clear and sunny
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 0 · No people are clearly visible.
Vehicles: parked cars in background
Landmarks: Utah Field House of Natural History
Objects: sauropod skeleton cast · steel support poles and braces · low silvery shrubs · pale landscaping rocks · street lamp · chain-link fence · shade trees
Colors: deep blue · sage green · brown · 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 on the sauropod cast as the last trace of a dissolve clears.
The ribcage, hips and steel supports are held side-on in front of the brick building.
The camera starts to drift up and to the right along the backbone.
The long neck rises past a shade tree against the blue sky.

Life-Size Sauropod Skeleton Cast on Steel Supports... — Clip Details

Vernal, Utah, circa 1978 home movie footage shows a life-size sauropod skeleton cast standing in a bed of low silvery shrubs outside a museum. Steel poles and braces hold up the ribcage and long neck, with a red brick building, a low flat-roofed block, parked cars and a chain-link fence behind. The handheld Super 8 camera holds on the ribs and hips, then drifts up and to the right to follow the neck against a deep blue summer sky.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorHandheld
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: 800002243

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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: 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: Fits requests for 1970s American West road-trip footage of dinosaur attractions, for science, travel or nostalgia documentaries.
Period detail: The saturated home-movie colour stock, the low modernist brick buildings and the blurred parked cars may point to the late 1970s, though no single object dates the clip.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's handheld camera studies the replica and then tilts up to take in the full height of the neck, the way a tourist looks over a big exhibit.
What appears in frame: A sauropod skeleton cast on steel braces, a bed of silvery shrubs and pale rocks, a red brick building, a low flat-roofed block, a street lamp, parked cars and tall shade trees under blue sky.
Film character: Super 8 reversal colour with strong blues, visible grain, slight softness and a gentle handheld drift, plus a trace of a dissolve in the first frames.
Edit role: Works as an establishing insert or cutaway for a museum visit, and the upward move along the neck gives a natural reveal beat.
Historical context: The Utah Field House in Vernal opened in 1948, and its outdoor garden of life-size dinosaur replicas, added in the late 1970s, drew families travelling through eastern Utah.
Research note: No people or readable signs are visible, but the replica and museum buildings may carry their own copyright or property interests, separate from the film's copyright, and these should be considered for commercial use.
Research search match: dinosaur skeleton outside museum 1970s; Vernal Utah Super 8 home movie; life-size sauropod replica vintage footage; Utah Field House dinosaur garden
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's museum name sign and the sauropod, triceratops, stegosaurus, woolly mammoth and pteranodon model clips, then with the Flaming Gorge canyon and reservoir shots that follow, then with other dinosaur-attraction road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Sauropod skeleton cast on museum grounds in Vernal, Utah, circa 1978, seen side-on in a bed of silvery shrubs — A life-size sauropod skeleton cast on steel supports outside the Utah Field House in Vernal, circa 1978.
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Ribs and hips of a dinosaur replica in Vernal, Utah, circa 1978, in Super 8 colour against a brick building — Steel braces hold up the ribcage and hips of the replica beside a paved lot.
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Spined backbone of a sauropod cast outside a Vernal, Utah museum, circa 1978, under a clear summer sky — The handheld camera holds on the spined backbone as the shot begins to move upward.
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Neck of a life-size sauropod cast rising into blue sky at the Utah Field House, Vernal, circa 1978 — The camera tilts up to follow the long neck as it rises past a shade tree.
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