Wyoming USA-1939: Man Standing Before Huge Rock Formation

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

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Man Standing Before Huge Rock Formation — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wyoming USA in 1939 shows a man in a dark coat and hat standing before a massive rock formation. The grainy, color-tinted film captures the man in a formal pose, hands clasped, against the rugged natural backdrop. The sequence includes a distinctive antler arch structure with a 'Tower Falls Ranger Station' sign, suggesting a park or wilderness area. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics with soft focus, color shifts, and natural lighting, evoking a nostalgic, historic atmosphere of mid-20th century American nature tourism.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121490096

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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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: Useful for 1930s U.S. park or road-trip productions needing a brief home-movie view of a visitor posed beside a dramatic Wyoming rock formation.
Period detail: The man's dark coat and brimmed hat, the 8mm color home-movie look, and the formal tourist pose support the supplied 1939 context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip records a visitor standing still for the camera, giving the landmark a personal family-travel scale rather than a staged scenic survey.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a man in a dark coat and hat, a large textured rock formation, a small sign, open sky, distant trees, and film-frame borders.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, slight color shift, uneven exposure, and contact-frame edges give the footage a physical 8mm archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or travel insert within sequences about early park tourism or family visits to Western landscapes.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor photography at a natural attraction, with a person posed to show the scale of the rock formation in a park-like setting.
Research note: A person and signage are visible, so likeness, location, sign text, copyright status, and any property or agency restrictions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Searches such as 1939 Wyoming home movie, 8mm park visitor, man before rock formation, Tower Falls ranger station, and vintage nature tourism may match this clip.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wyoming or 1939 park footage, then broader 1930s road-trip and natural-landmark home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

In this 1939 Wyoming home-movie frame, a man poses with hands clasped before a large weathered rock formation and a small sign. — A formally dressed visitor stands at the base of a rugged rock formation.

The visitor remains centered before the textured Wyoming rock formation, with a small sign and dark frame edge visible. — The man continues posing in front of the rock, emphasizing its scale.

A closer 1939 Wyoming frame shows the craggy rock face filling most of the view, with the visitor low in the foreground. — The camera moves or reframes closer on the rock surface above the visitor.

The final frame centers the towering rock formation against blue sky, with distant tree line and dark film border visible. — The rock formation fills the frame as the human figure drops out of view.

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