Wyoming USA-1939: Waterfall Flowing Rapidly From Above

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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Waterfall Flowing Rapidly From Above — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage of a dramatic waterfall cascading down a rugged rock face in Wyoming. The water flows rapidly, creating a luminous blue-white plume against the dark, moss-covered cliffs. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural film artifacts, capturing the raw power of nature in a nostalgic, archival style. The sequence shows the waterfall from multiple angles, emphasizing its height and force as it crashes into a pool below, surrounded by evergreen trees. This authentic, unscripted nature scene offers a rare glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor life and film aesthetics.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121490061

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Wyoming, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm nature footage for productions needing a brief archival waterfall insert from Wyoming or the American West.
Period detail: The frames show rugged cliffs, evergreen growth, and 8mm color rendering, with no visible buildings, people, signage, or datable objects beyond the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The footage reflects a visitor-shot outdoor viewpoint, lingering on the height and force of the waterfall from several nearby angles.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall waterfall, dark rock walls, mossy or vegetated cliff edges, evergreen trees, a lower pool area, and heavy film-shadow borders.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, blue-white color shifts in the water, uneven exposure, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short nature cutaway, travel-memory insert, environmental transition, or visual punctuation for western outdoor sequences.
Historical context: As home-movie scenery, it documents recreational looking at dramatic natural landscapes without showing visitors, roads, facilities, or commercial context.
Research note: No people, logos, or apparent private property are visible, but users should still review copyright status and location-related use requirements separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm waterfall, vintage home movie waterfall, 1930s American West nature footage, and archival cliff waterfall.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wyoming 1939 material, then broader 1930s home-movie nature and waterfall footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a narrow waterfall descending along a cliff with evergreen growth and heavy shadowed film edges. — A vertical waterfall drops past rock and vegetation in a darkly framed home-movie view.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing the waterfall from a closer angle, with a bright plume against dark rock and nearby evergreens. — A bright section of falling water stands out against the shadowed cliff face.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing the lower waterfall column descending beside textured rock toward a darker pool or base area. — The lower waterfall narrows as it drops toward the base of the cliff.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a side view of the waterfall framed by cliff vegetation, dark rock, and blue-tinted film color. — A side angle emphasizes the vertical drop and surrounding cliff vegetation.

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