Wyoming USA-1939: Geyser Eruption Sends Massive Plume of Steam Into the Sky

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

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Geyser Eruption Sends Massive Plume of Steam Into the Sky — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wyoming, USA, in 1939, capturing a dramatic natural event. A massive plume of white steam and smoke erupts from the ground, rising high into the overcast sky against a dark forested backdrop. The grainy, monochrome image shows classic film characteristics with visible scratches and dust, conveying a raw, authentic archival feel. The eruption appears to be a geyser or geothermal vent, with the steam expanding and billowing across the frame. This historic clip offers a rare glimpse of natural power in the American West during the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121490457

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

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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 American West archive requests needing a brief natural-geology insert, geyser cutaway, or atmospheric home-movie view of geothermal activity in Wyoming.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1930s visitor-filmed view, with no people, signs, vehicles, or built landmarks visible to independently date the scene beyond the supplied 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a tourist or family filmmaker holding on the eruption as steam rises and spreads against the forest line.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a bright steam plume, rough water or ground at the base, a dark conifer forest edge, overcast sky, film gate edges, scratches, and dust marks.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, vertical wear, exposure shifts, and contact-sheet framing that support its physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for geothermal landscapes, Yellowstone-region travel, or natural force in archival montage.
Historical context: The footage documents a visitor-level view of geothermal eruption activity in Wyoming without visible crowds, infrastructure, or interpretive signage in the sampled frames.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still review copyright, source permissions, and location-specific context before publication.
Research search match: Researcher searches it may match include 1939 Wyoming geyser eruption, 8mm home movie geothermal steam, American West natural landscape, and vintage Yellowstone-area footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other 1939 Wyoming travel material, and then with geyser, steam, forest, or American West nature clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing a white geyser plume rising near a dark conifer forest edge. — A broad white steam plume rises from the geothermal area beside the forest.

1939 Wyoming frame with a geyser-like column of steam rising vertically against trees and sky. — The eruption builds into a tall vertical column of white steam.

1939 Wyoming home-movie view of dense geothermal steam spreading across the lower frame near forest. — Steam thickens and spreads, partly obscuring the ground near the trees.

1939 Wyoming frame showing a broad geyser steam cloud filling the view above a dark forest edge. — The plume expands into a large cloud that dominates the frame.

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