Vernal Utah-1978: Life-Size Woolly Mammoth Model With Curved Tusks in a Shaded Garden

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationVernal, Utah, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Vernal, Utah, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

prehistoric animals
Ice Age mammals
museum exhibits
family road trip
roadside attractions
natural history education
tourism in the American West

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld · slightly low angle
Setting: outdoor · outdoor museum garden with shrubs and trees beside a brick building
Time and weather: midday · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright sunlight filtered through overhead leaves, giving dappled light and strong shadows
People: 0 · No people visible.
Animals: woolly mammoth (model)
Landmarks: Utah Field House Dinosaur Garden
Objects: woolly mammoth model · curved tusks · shrubs · tree trunk · brick building · window · wooden board fence · wall lamp
Colors: dark brown · ivory · leaf green · brick red · pale sky white
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The woolly mammoth model appears in a three-quarter view among shrubs.
The camera holds on the curved tusks and shaggy head in dappled sun.
The shot ends on the same steady framing, with the brick wall and fence behind.

Life-Size Woolly Mammoth Model With Curved Tusks in a... — Clip Details

Dinosaur Garden at the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal, Utah, circa 1978, home movie footage. A life-size woolly mammoth model with shaggy dark hair and long, curving ivory-coloured tusks stands among leafy shrubs in front of a brick building with a dark window and a wooden board fence. A tree trunk rises behind the model's head. The single handheld shot holds on the figure in bright summer sun for six seconds with only slight drift.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002247

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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: Helps a request for late-1970s footage of outdoor museum exhibits or prehistoric replicas in the American West, for documentary, education or nostalgia work.
Period detail: The warm, saturated colour and grain of small-gauge reversal film may show the late 1970s, and the brick building and board fence fit an older museum setting.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped in front of the mammoth and held the camera on it, the way a family records the highlight of a museum garden on vacation.
What appears in frame: A shaggy woolly mammoth model with long curving tusks stands among leafy shrubs, with a tree trunk behind its head, a brick wall with a dark window and a wooden fence beyond.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with fine grain, warm saturated colour, deep shadows in the model's hair and bright highlights on the tusks under dappled summer sun.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or insert in a museum or road-trip sequence, or as a light memory beat between landscape shots.
Historical context: Outdoor life-size prehistoric figures were a popular way for regional museums of the period to draw road-trip visitors, as the Vernal Dinosaur Garden did.
Research note: No people appear; the mammoth sculpture may be a copyrighted artwork and the grounds belong to a museum, so check sculpture and property rights separately from the film's copyright.
Research search match: Researchers might search for vintage woolly mammoth model footage, 1970s Vernal dinosaur garden film or Super 8 museum exhibit home movies.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with this reel's triceratops, stegosaurus, pteranodon and museum-sign clips, then with Flaming Gorge shots from the same trip, then with other prehistoric-replica footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Life-size woolly mammoth model in the Dinosaur Garden in Vernal, Utah, circa 1978, on Super 8 film — A shaggy woolly mammoth model with sweeping tusks stands in a sunlit museum garden.
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Mammoth replica's head and tusks in dappled summer sun at the Utah Field House garden, circa 1978 — Sun catches the ivory-coloured tusks while the hair on the head falls into shadow.
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Woolly mammoth statue against the museum's brick wall and board fence in Vernal, Utah, circa 1978 — The brick building and board fence behind the model place it on museum grounds.
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Closing view of the Ice Age mammoth exhibit in the Vernal Dinosaur Garden, circa 1978, Super 8 home movie — The shot closes on the same steady framing of the mammoth among the garden plants.
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