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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: Video Failure Rarely Opens

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

A brief 2016 home movie clip from Hidden Lake Colorado captures a rare moment when a video fails to open, showcasing an unexpected technical glitch. The footage, shot on amateur equipment, reflects the unpredictable nature of early digital recordings. This candid, unscripted moment offers a nostalgic glimpse into everyday technology struggles of the 2010s. Ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about digital culture and home video history.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for documentary, local news, real estate context, environmental coverage, or a Colorado community edit needing aerial winter lake footage with surrounding residential shoreline.
Edit role
A short aerial cutaway or transition beat that can bridge from neighborhood coverage to lake or weather context in a timeline.
Visual details
The frames show a broad lake surface with gray-blue water or thin ice, snowy shoreline edges, residential blocks, leafless trees, distant low hills, and muted daylight with no visible people.

Tags

hitopenvideorarelythreebrowserspeoplehidden lake colorado2016b-rollkindamateurintroductionbusinessnewcute4kstunningcinematic

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
Dec 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.

Aerial frame over Hidden Lake, Colorado, showing gray-blue water or thin ice in the foreground, snow along the shoreline, residential homes beyond, and no visible people.
The opening frame gives a wide overhead view of the lake and nearby housing. (0:00)
Hidden Lake, Colorado appears from above with a broad gray water or ice surface, a pale snow edge, a band of houses, and no visible people.
This moment holds the lake as the dominant foreground with the neighborhood stretching across the far bank. (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.