Stock picks for YT Ep 1 + the VSL

33 clips from Mixkit, free for commercial use with no credit needed. These are 10-second previews, and the full clips are HD. Tap to play. Reply with the numbers you like and the ones you hate. A one-word reason helps, like "too stocky" or "love the mood." That tells me what to hunt for next.

I already cut the cheesy ones: models in hard hats, guys in suits, green-screen trucks. Mixkit is thin on blue-collar and night-job footage. If you like this direction, Pexels or a $30 Storyblocks month will have more.

Night drive after work

Ep 1 Eureka nights + VSL opener ("after work… nobody asked")

#1

Over-the-shoulder in a truck cab at night. Red dash lights, phone on the mount. Closest thing to your real life on this page.

#2

Empty highway in the fog under orange street lights. Lonely and quiet.

#3

Driver's view in night traffic, dash glowing.

#4

Side window at night with lights streaking past. Good under a voiceover line.

#5

Fast light-streak drive. More stylish, could feel too music-video.

#6

Highway timelapse from sunset to dark. Good for 'another day gone.'

Hauling / highway miles

Ep 1, 1,000+ miles a week

#7

Pickup and semi on a gray foggy highway. Feels like early mornings in NorCal.

#8

Drone shot following a truck through dry hills. Looks like California.

#9

Drone shot of semis on a winding mountain road.

#10

Truck on a highway past wind turbines, daytime.

#11

Straight-down drone shot of freight trucks through a forest.

Equipment / job site

Ep 1. Machines and hands only, nothing that pretends to be you

#12

Excavator tracks on rock at golden hour. Strong shot.

#13

Top-down drone shot of an excavator loading a dump truck.

#14

Dozer blade pushing brush, close and gritty.

#15

Workers screeding concrete, boots and tools. Gritty and real.

#16

Welding sparks in the dark. Good under the work-ethic lines.

Hotel nights

Ep 1, curbs till 7:30 then back to the hotel

#17

Red neon HOTEL sign flickering at night. Pure mood.

#18

Plain small hotel room. Real road-trip-worker feel.

#19

Long hotel hallway. A bit fancy for a work motel.

#20

Dark window frame, looking out. Good for alone-at-night lines.

Crypto winter

Ep 1, money going bad

#21

Chart crashing on a trading screen. Says it in one shot.

#22

Live crypto charts, close up.

#23

Man staring at trading screens, side profile.

#24

Bitcoin coin in front of a chart. A bit on-the-nose.

#25

Hands pulling an empty wallet out on a bar top, moody. Works for 'it was gone.'

Big city / convention

Ep 1 Denver. Mixkit has no Denver or real convention footage, these are stand-ins

#26

Drone shot over downtown at night.

Alone / low point

Ep 1 low point + VSL

#27

Man in silhouette at dusk by the water. Best of this group.

#28

Man with his head in his hand. Clean, a little 'stock-y.'

#29

Man sitting alone in the woods, thinking.

Rebuilding

Ep 1 turn + VSL

#30

Hand writing in a spiral notebook. You'd beat this by shooting your own.

Endings

Your own Rainier and Matterhorn footage beats these, so they're backups only

#31

Sunrise over a valley from up high.

#32

Fog rolling over a forest at sunrise.

#33

Matterhorn star timelapse.