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HIDDEN LAKE COLORADO-2016: A River Flanked by Abandoned Buildings and Overgrown Grass

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Hidden Lake, Colorado, United States 2016
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A 2016 home movie clip capturing a murky river flanked by old, weathered buildings and overgrown grass. The scene conveys a sense of abandonment and quiet sadness, with trash scattered along the banks and a desolate atmosphere. This vintage footage offers a raw, cinematic glimpse of a forgotten landscape. The visual tone is somber and reflective, ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic storytelling about urban decay and environmental neglect.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial lake footage for documentary, editorial, agency mood reel, or social cuts about suburban Colorado landscapes, winter shoreline edges, and quiet developed waterfront areas.
Edit role
Use this short 4K drone view as an opener, transition, or environmental cutaway between neighborhood coverage and water-focused scenes.
Visual details
The frames show a broad gray lake with dark open-water patches in the ice, snowy banks, docks, leafless trees, low buildings, roads, and no visible people.

Tags

murky waterold buildingsdeserted placetrashsadnessriversidebuildingsgrasswaterfilthylandmarkshidden lake colorado2016cinematographyb-rollprettycutestunningmodern

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

3 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 lake ice, dark open-water patches near the foreground, snowy banks, distant homes, and no visible people.
The opening frame sets the lake surface against a developed shoreline and winter neighborhood backdrop. (0:00)
High view of Hidden Lake, Colorado, with a broad gray lake, darker broken ice areas in the lower frame, shoreline houses, larger low buildings, and no visible people.
This second frame keeps the lake centered while the far shoreline and buildings remain readable. (0:01)
Aerial lake view with suburban shoreline, roads, and larger buildings in the distance.

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.