Red car on a mountain highway.
1973 · Colorado, United States
Still image · $49
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Mountain road below rocky Colorado slopes — Colorado, 1973
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- 1973
- Location
- Colorado, United States
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- Still 1 · 0.40s into the source clip
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1973 Colorado 8mm frame showing a curving mountain highway below evergreen-covered slopes and exposed rock under a blue sky.
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Source footage and archive context
Colorado USA-1973: Red Car on Mountain Highway
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Source format: Super 8.
Browse the collection: 1973 Colorado.
Date documentation · estimated
Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location documentation · estimated
Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Source reel 1382
Reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Year note: 1973
Location note: colorado springs
Period detail
The red period automobile, two-lane mountain highway, and 8mm color home-movie stock support the 1973 metadata while the specific road or mountain pass is not identified in the frames.
Film character
The clip carries 8mm archival texture through soft focus, visible grain, slight motion blur, uneven exposure, and a purple-blue color shift in sky areas.
Historical context
The scene visually reflects private leisure travel through Colorado mountain scenery in the early 1970s without identifying a specific landmark or event.
Research note
Rights review should note possible occupants or people associated with the car, while no readable logos or private property are visible and copyright clearance remains separate from likeness or property concerns.
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