Wyoming USA-1939: Old Faithful Geyser Erupting Viewed from Vehicle

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

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Old Faithful Geyser Erupting Viewed from Vehicle — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 showing a view from a moving vehicle at Yellowstone National Park. The clip captures the Old Faithful Geyser erupting in the distance across a yellow field under an overcast sky. The perspective shifts slightly as the vehicle moves, with the geyser's steam plume rising against a dark forested hill. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge damage, conveying authentic mid-20th century travel nostalgia. A sign identifying Old Faithful is visible in one frame, confirming the landmark. The scene evokes a sense of early American road trips and natural wonder.

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: 121490430

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 travel footage useful for documentary or museum edits needing a visitor-view record of Old Faithful erupting in Yellowstone.
Period detail: The vehicle-window viewpoint, muted color, and physical 8mm texture support a late-1930s home-movie travel record of Yellowstone.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries the visitor-shot experience of watching a major landmark from a moving vehicle rather than a staged scenic setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include vehicle window framing, open yellow field, dark forested ridge, geyser steam, overcast sky, and an Old Faithful sign.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, visible grain, gate edges, and slight instability give the scan a clear original-film home-movie character.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a Yellowstone insert, road-trip transition, landmark cutaway, or memory beat within a nature travel sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows early automobile-era tourism at a nationally recognized geyser landscape without showing visitors or crowd activity.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but users should still review copyright status and landmark-use context.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s 8mm Yellowstone footage, Old Faithful geyser eruption, vintage Wyoming road trip, and home-movie national park travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming or Yellowstone clips, then broader vintage national park and road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing Old Faithful erupting in the distance through a moving vehicle window. — Old Faithful erupts beyond a yellow field, seen through the dark frame of a vehicle window.

Vehicle-window view of the Old Faithful area in Yellowstone, with steam rising beyond an open field in 1939 footage. — A moving vehicle frames the distant geyser plume against the dark ridge beyond the field.

Old Faithful Geyser sign visible in a 1939 Yellowstone frame, with steam rising behind it. — A sign identifies Old Faithful Geyser as steam drifts across the basin behind it.

1939 Yellowstone home-movie frame with the Old Faithful Geyser sign and heavy steam in the background. — The Old Faithful Geyser sign stands in front of a broad plume of steam.

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