Wyoming-1978: Inflatable Rafts Riding Green Rapids Through a Conifer Forest

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Year1978
Decade1970s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1978 · Wyoming, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1978 · Grand Teton National Park & Wyoming · Reel 7c34e9a7 contains 19 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

whitewater rafting
outdoor recreation
summer vacation
mountain river
wilderness travel
group adventure

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · zoom · handheld
Setting: outdoor · Mountain river with rapids running past rocky gravel banks through dense conifer forest, seen from a high bank
Time and weather: day · summer · clear to lightly hazy
Lighting: natural daylight with deep forest shadow and bright highlights on shore rocks
People: 12 · Small, distant groups of rafters wearing orange life jackets seated in inflatable boats; no faces readable
Vehicles: inflatable rafts
Objects: life jackets · paddles · river rocks · gravel bank
Colors: dark green · teal · pale grey · orange
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Rafts with passengers in orange life jackets ride rippling green rapids below a forested bank.
The camera pans right as four boats spread out across the current.
Zooming out, tall spruce enter the foreground and the rafts grow smaller.
A wide view reveals the river bend upstream and a distant ridge.

Inflatable Rafts Riding Green Rapids Through a Conifer... — Clip Details

Likely western Wyoming, circa 1978, home movie footage. Seen from a high bank, three or four small inflatable rafts carrying people in orange life jackets ride green, rippling rapids past a pale rocky shoreline backed by dense conifer forest. The handheld camera pans right and zooms out as the boats drift on, bringing tall spruce into the foreground and opening a view up the river bend toward a distant ridge. Colour is muted green and teal with soft film grain.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: AerialExterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800002500

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People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 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: Helps a production needing authentic late-1970s footage of recreational river rafting in a western mountain forest setting.
Period detail: Small inflatable rafts and orange flotation vests may show late-1970s to early-1980s river trip gear; no dated signage or vehicles appear.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor on a high bank films passing rafts as a spectator, giving an unstaged onlooker's view of other people's river trip.
What appears in frame: Several small rafts with rafters in orange vests, rippling green rapids, a pale rocky far shore, a dense conifer wall, foreground spruce, and a distant ridge.
Film character: Soft grain, muted teal-green colour, deep forest shadows and gentle handheld motion give the clip a warm small-gauge archival texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or scenic cutaway for river travel, or as a memory beat in a summer vacation sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects the popularity of group river floats in western mountain recreation areas during the late 1970s.
Research note: Rafters are distant and unidentifiable, no logos or artwork are visible; copyright in the film and any likeness or location considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Vintage whitewater rafting home movie, 1970s river float in Wyoming, rafts on green rapids in a forest, small-gauge film outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's fly fisherman wading a river and overlook of a river valley, then other circa 1978 Grand Teton area scenes, then other vintage river recreation clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

Three rafts with rafters in orange vests ride green rapids below conifer forest, likely western Wyoming, circa 1978 — Rafters in orange life jackets ride green rapids past a rocky shore, circa 1978.
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Four rafts strung out across a green mountain river current, viewed from a high bank, likely Wyoming, circa 1978 — Four boats spread out along the current as the camera pans right.
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Distant rafts drift down a forested river framed by a tall foreground spruce, likely western Wyoming, circa 1978 — Pulling back, a tall spruce frames the rafts drifting on the river.
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Wide view of a forested mountain river bend with a lone raft and upstream rapids, likely western Wyoming, circa 1978 — The view opens up the river bend toward a distant ridge, a raft small on the water.
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