Grand Teton National Park Wyoming-1978: Trail Sign Reading This Is Beaver Country, Be Prepared to Wade

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationGrand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States
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What is in this clip

national parks
hiking
wildlife habitat
beavers
trail safety
outdoor recreation
park signage

Shot type: close-up
Camera: static · handheld
Setting: outdoor · forested wetland hiking trail in a national park
Time and weather: day · summer · sunny
Lighting: bright natural daylight on background foliage, sign in soft shade
People: 0 · No people visible.
Objects: trail sign · wooden post · metal bolts · foliage
Readable signs: THIS IS BEAVER COUNTRY BE PREPARED TO WADE OR TURN BACK.
Colors: yellow-green · dark navy · white · brown
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Medium

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The beaver country warning is already framed and readable.
The handheld camera holds steady with slight drift.
The shot ends still holding on the full text.

Trail Sign Reading This Is Beaver Country, Be Prepared... — Clip Details

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, circa 1978 home movie footage of a trail marker on the Colter Bay wetland trails near Heron Pond and Swan Lake. A dark painted panel bolted to a wooden post reads THIS IS BEAVER COUNTRY BE PREPARED TO WADE OR TURN BACK in white capital letters. Sunlit green foliage blurs behind it. The single handheld close shot holds on the text for about four seconds with only slight drift.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Close-upExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002496

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Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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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: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 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 late-1970s national park trail signage or a readable beaver habitat warning to introduce wildlife and wetland segments.
Period detail: The routed white lettering on a dark panel and the warm colour stock may show period park signage of the 1970s, though nothing in the frame carries a date.
Home-movie behavior: A hiker stopped to film a trail notice that amused or warned them, a visitor's habit of recording signs as captions for the trip.
What appears in frame: A dark rectangular panel with three lines of white capitals, two round metal bolts, a wooden post below, and sunlit green leaves blurred behind.
Film character: Fine grain, saturated yellow-green highlights and deep blue-black shadows give the shot the warm texture of projected amateur colour reversal film.
Edit role: Works as a title-card style insert or cutaway that sets up beaver pond and dam footage, or as a wry memory beat in a hiking sequence.
Historical context: The notice belongs to the Colter Bay wetland trails, where loops past Heron Pond and Swan Lake begin at a trailhead developed after Mission 66 work from 1956.
Research note: No people, faces or commercial logos appear; the sign text is a public park notice, and copyright in the home movie itself is a separate matter from any property question.
Research search match: Researchers may search for vintage beaver country sign, 1970s Grand Teton trail footage, or home movie national park signage close-up.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's Heron Pond / Swan Lake trail sign, lily-pad pond ducks and Teton Range over the pond, then other Colter Bay footage, then beaver or wetland themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Beaver country warning sign on a Colter Bay trail, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, circa 1978 home movie — THIS IS BEAVER COUNTRY BE PREPARED TO WADE OR TURN BACK, Grand Teton National Park, circa 1978.
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Close view of a 1970s-era beaver warning panel near Heron Pond, Grand Teton, Wyoming, circa 1978 — Routed white letters warn hikers to wade or turn back on the Heron Pond and Swan Lake trails.
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Steady handheld frame of a beaver habitat trail notice, Colter Bay, Grand Teton National Park, circa 1978 — The handheld camera holds the beaver country notice steady with sunlit foliage behind.
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Final frame of a wade-or-turn-back trail sign, Swan Lake area, Grand Teton National Park, circa 1978 — Closing frame of the beaver country trail warning, Colter Bay area, circa 1978.
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