Web preview · 144px highA white car travels downhill on a curving mountain road, with pine trees, rocky terrain, and distant slopes visible in the Colorado Springs travel scene.
Car descends through forested mountain terrain.

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Car descends through forested mountain terrain — Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1973

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Catalog year
1973
Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Still 3 · 3.20s into the source clip
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A white car travels downhill on a curving mountain road, with pine trees, rocky terrain, and distant slopes visible in the Colorado Springs travel scene.

The source is catalogued as 8mm home movie. This frame appears 3.20 seconds into the clip. Watch the source footage below to see the surrounding action.

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Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1973: White Car Drives on Winding Mountain Road

Colorado Springs Colorado USA-1973: White Car Drives on Winding Mountain Road

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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 white sedan, soft color reversal look, and 8mm home-movie framing support an early 1970s travel context, while the exact road or landmark is not identifiable from the frames alone.

Film character

The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld instability, mild motion blur, and magenta-blue color shift typical of aged home-movie film stock.

Historical context

The scene reflects automobile-based leisure travel through the Colorado Springs area in the 1970s, shown through landscape and road use rather than identifiable events or named landmarks.

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No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location, road access, and any property rights should still be reviewed separately.

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