Wyoming USA-1939: Water Flows Through The Valley In The Forest And A Bear On A

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

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Water Flows Through The Valley In The Forest And A Bear On A — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wyoming, USA, in 1939, capturing a serene forest stream cascading through a rocky valley. The clip opens with a close-up of rushing water over stones, then pans upward to reveal the stream winding through dense evergreen trees. The final frames show a black bear walking along a dirt path near the water's edge, its dark fur contrasting with the green grass. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and natural light, offering authentic archival footage of wildlife and nature from the late 1930s.

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: 121490556

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 Wyoming home-movie nature footage suited to documentary requests for forest streams, mountain travel atmosphere, and brief wildlife cutaways.
Period detail: The 8mm color home-movie look and 1939 metadata place the footage in the late 1930s, though the visible forest and dirt path contain few date-specific clues.
Home-movie behavior: The camerawork feels like an unstaged travel observation, moving from rushing water in the woods to a brief glimpse of a bear near a path.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include cascading stream water, rocky banks, evergreen forest, bare branches, a dirt path, green grass, and a dark bear shape.
Film character: The clip shows dense 8mm grain, soft focus, handheld framing, dark edge vignetting, and blue-purple color shifts typical of scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, location transition, wildlife memory beat, or brief environmental cutaway within a travel or wilderness sequence.
Historical context: The footage records a recreational or observational view of Wyoming woodland and stream scenery, with wildlife encountered from a distance.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any location or wildlife-use permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm forest stream, vintage home movie waterfall, black bear path footage, and 1930s wilderness travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with Wyoming 1939 material, then with other vintage forest, river, waterfall, and wildlife scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing rushing stream water over rocks in a forested valley. — Rushing water drops over rocks in a shaded forest stream.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame of a narrow forest stream winding through trees, seen beside a pale structural edge. — The stream narrows as it runs through dense trees and branches.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame looking across trees toward bright stream water in a wooded valley. — A distant section of stream appears through trunks and brush.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a dark bear near a dirt path beside green grass. — A bear appears at the edge of a dirt path near the grassy bank.

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