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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: The Empty Schoolyard With A Large Grassy Field With Trees

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

This vintage home movie captures a quiet, empty schoolyard featuring a large grassy field surrounded by trees. The scene evokes a sense of stillness and isolation, with no people in sight, suggesting a moment of pause during the pandemic era. The natural setting, including a hidden lake in Colorado, adds a serene, contemplative mood. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday life during a time of global change, ideal for documentaries, educational content, or reflective storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, education, urban planning, agency, or social edits that need an aerial view of an empty schoolyard and residential district in Hidden Lake, Colorado.
Edit role
The short 7-second aerial works as an opener, cutaway, or transition beat between neighborhood coverage and school or public-space context.

Tags

pandemicpreventioneducationschoolurbanizationemptyschoolyardlargegrassyfieldtreeshidden lake colorado2016introabstractbusiness

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
Nov 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.

High aerial view in Hidden Lake, Colorado showing a large grassy school field beside flat-roofed buildings, neighborhood streets, homes, trees, distant mountains, and no visible people.
The opening frame places the empty school field within the surrounding residential blocks and mountain horizon. (0:00)
Aerial frame in Hidden Lake, Colorado with the patchy school field centered left, flat-roofed buildings and parked cars below, residential streets to the right, and no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the field edge, nearby school roofs, and adjacent neighborhood streets. (0:01)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.