Wyoming USA-1939: The Span Of A Rainbow

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

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The Span Of A Rainbow — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wyoming, USA, in 1939, capturing a vibrant rainbow arching across a dramatic mountain landscape. The film shows a sweeping view of rolling hills under a stormy sky, with the rainbow's full spectrum clearly visible against the purple-tinged clouds. The footage exhibits authentic 8mm film characteristics including grain, slight color fading, and subtle scratches, offering a nostalgic glimpse of nature's beauty from the late 1930s. The camera remains steady, focusing on the natural phenomenon as the rainbow spans the frame.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121490250

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: Useful for 1930s-era documentary or museum edits needing real 8mm Wyoming landscape footage with a visible rainbow over open hills.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s color home-movie stock, with no built structures, vehicles, clothing, or signage visible to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the quiet observational quality of a home-movie camera held on a passing weather effect rather than a staged scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a rainbow, storm clouds, purple-blue sky, distant hills, a sloped foreground ridge, film grain, scratches, and dark frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color fading, uneven exposure, and small scratches that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature insert, atmospheric transition, weather cutaway, or memory beat within a Western landscape sequence.
Historical context: The scene offers a non-urban view of Wyoming landscape and weather as captured by a private camera, without visible people or dated social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any collection restrictions should still be checked before use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming 8mm rainbow footage, vintage home movie mountain weather, and 1930s color landscape cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel landscape shots, then Wyoming 1939 material, then broader vintage rainbow or mountain weather footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a bright rainbow against stormy sky above rolling hills. — A rainbow cuts down through a clouded sky over distant Wyoming hills.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with a rainbow stretching across open sky above a low mountain horizon. — The rainbow spans the upper frame with a faint ridge line below.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a muted rainbow band across a pale, grainy sky. — A faint section of rainbow runs horizontally through the washed sky.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a rainbow near a sloping ridge beneath a storm-tinted sky. — The rainbow fades near the foreground ridge as the sky darkens above.

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