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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: An Empty Suburban Area Showing Signs Of Life

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States 2016
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About this clip

This vintage home movie captures an empty suburban neighborhood in Hidden Lake, Colorado. Sunlight filters through trees, casting long shadows across quiet streets lined with houses and buildings. Though no people or cars are visible, subtle signs of life emerge in the stillness—fluttering curtains, a swinging porch swing, and distant movement behind windows. The footage evokes a sense of calm isolation, blending nostalgia with the quiet beauty of everyday life. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, agency mood reel, brand film, or social edits needing an overhead view of a quiet suburban block in Hidden Lake, Colorado.
Edit role
This short aerial clip works as a brief opener, cutaway, or transition beat between wider residential flyovers and closer neighborhood details.
Visual details
The frames show rooftops, fenced yards, a two-lane road, sidewalks, driveways, parked cars, dry lawns, trees, and long shadows, with no clearly visible people in the contact sheet.

Tags

housesstreetsno carstreesshadowssuburbemptysuburbanareashowingsignslifebuildingslandmarkshidden lake colorado2016digitalabstractstock video

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MOV
File size
40 MB
Location
Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States
Year filmed
2016
Published
Oct 2016

Still Frames From This Clip

2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Overhead frame of Hidden Lake, Colorado homes, fenced yards, driveways, trees, and a two-lane road with no visible people.
The opening frame sets up the block from above with homes below and the road running across the top. (0:00)
High overhead view in Hidden Lake, Colorado showing rooftops, dry yards, sidewalks, a road edge, parked cars, and no visible people.
This moment keeps the neighborhood layout readable, with property lines and driveways visible from above. (0:01)

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