Frozen waterfall base with blue-tinted ice and rock.
1973 · Colorado, United States
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Blue ice and snow at the base of a frozen waterfall — Colorado, 1973
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- 1973
- Location
- Colorado, United States
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- Still 2 · 1.80s into the source clip
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1973 Colorado home-movie frame of the frozen waterfall base, with bright blue ice and snow against a dark rugged rock wall.
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1973 · Colorado, United States
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Source footage and archive context
Colorado USA-1973: Frozen Waterfall Cascade in Winter
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Source format: Super 8.
Browse the collection: 1973 Colorado.
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Location documentation · estimated
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Source reel 1382
Reel label: air force academy,cripple creek,cheyne zoo,broadmoor,#2
Year note: 1973
Location note: colorado springs
Period detail
The frames show a blue-tinted 8mm view of ice, snow, and rock, with the 1973 Colorado setting supported by clip metadata rather than visible signage or landmarks.
Film character
The footage has a strongly grainy 8mm texture, high-contrast blue exposure, soft detail, and slight frame-to-frame variation consistent with short handheld home-movie filming.
Historical context
As archival home-movie footage, it documents a private travel encounter with a dramatic frozen landscape in Colorado without showing people, signage, infrastructure, or identifiable public events.
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No people, logos, brands, audible music, or private property are visible in the supplied frames, but copyright, location identification, and any broader reel context should still be reviewed separately.
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