Vernal Utah-1978: Long-Necked Dinosaur Model Bowing Its Head to the Grass in a Garden

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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 museum
sculpture garden
roadside attraction
family travel
prehistoric life
1970s tourism

Shot type: medium
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Landscaped outdoor museum sculpture garden with trees, shrubs, grass and a chain-link fence beside a road
Time and weather: midday · summer · Clear and sunny
Lighting: Hard direct sunlight with deep shadows
People: 0 · No people are clearly visible.
Landmarks: Dinosaur Garden, Utah Field House of Natural History
Objects: long-necked dinosaur model · small plaque · chain-link fence · trees · broad-leaved shrubs · grass · paved road
Colors: grey-brown · green · tan · yellow-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The long-necked model appears with its head lowered toward the grass.
The camera holds steady on the arched neck and shaded body.
The shot ends on the same grazing pose with the fence and road behind.

Long-Necked Dinosaur Model Bowing Its Head to the Grass... — Clip Details

In Vernal, Utah, circa 1978, home movie footage shows a life-size long-necked dinosaur model in the outdoor Dinosaur Garden of the Utah Field House of Natural History. The grey-brown figure stands among young trees and leafy shrubs, its neck arched down so the head hangs just above the grass in a grazing pose. A chain-link fence, a lawn and a paved road lie behind it in bright summer sun. The single shot is filmed handheld on Super 8 from a low front-left angle and holds nearly still.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002249

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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: Serves requests for circa 1978 museum, dinosaur or Utah road-trip imagery in documentaries, educational films and nostalgic commercial work.
Period detail: The warm, grainy Super 8 colour and the young plantings may show the garden in its early years after the Porter statues were installed around 1977–78.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor stopped on the garden path to film the statue at eye level, giving the plain tourist view rather than a staged museum photograph.
What appears in frame: A long-necked model with its head lowered, a tree trunk at left, leafy shrubs, a patch of grass, a small plaque, a chain-link fence and a paved road behind.
Film character: Handheld Super 8 with fine grain, soft focus at the edges, a warm yellow-green cast and strong sunlit contrast typical of projected reversal film.
Edit role: Works as a cutaway or insert in a museum visit sequence, or as a light memory beat in a family vacation montage.
Historical context: The Utah Field House opened in 1948, and most replicas in its Dinosaur Garden were sculpted by Elbert Porter and bought by Utah in 1977.
Research note: No people are identifiable; the statue is a sculptural work, so sculptor or museum rights in the artwork should be considered separately from the film copyright.
Research search match: Super 8 dinosaur statue footage, 1970s Utah museum garden home movie, Vernal dinosaur garden vintage film, life-size sauropod model clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's museum name sign, sauropod, triceratops, stegosaurus, mammoth and pteranodon clips, then Flaming Gorge canyon views, then other dinosaur-attraction footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Life-size long-necked dinosaur model in a grazing pose, Dinosaur Garden, Vernal, Utah, circa 1978 Super 8 — A sauropod-style model bends its neck to the grass in the outdoor garden, circa 1978.
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Grey-brown sauropod statue viewed from the front left in a Vernal, Utah museum garden, circa 1978 home movie — The statue's arched neck and broad back catch the summer sun.
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Dinosaur model head near a small plaque in the Utah Field House Dinosaur Garden, Vernal, circa 1978 — A small plaque sits low beside the model's lowered head.
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Sunlit long-necked dinosaur figure casting deep shadows in a Vernal, Utah sculpture garden, circa 1978 film — Hard midday light leaves deep shadows under the figure at the end of the shot.
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