Wyoming USA-1939: Black Bear Walking on Dirt Path near Lake

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

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Black Bear Walking on Dirt Path near Lake — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Wyoming, USA, in 1939, showing a black bear walking along a dirt path near a grassy shore. The bear moves from left to right across the frame, with a natural, unposed gait. The scene transitions to a wide view of a calm lake under an overcast sky, with distant land visible on the horizon. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural motion blur, capturing a candid moment of wildlife and landscape. This archival footage offers authentic Americana nostalgia and is ideal for historical documentaries, nature projects, or retro-themed content.

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: 121490563

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 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief wildlife-and-lake insert with black bear movement and open shore scenery.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s amateur travel filming, with no visible signage, vehicles, clothing, or buildings to independently confirm the date beyond supplied metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the bear and lake from a visitor-like distance, preserving an unstaged travel record rather than a controlled wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear on a dirt path, grass at the edge of the path, calm lake water, an overcast sky, distant shoreline, and dark frame-edge borders.
Film character: The scan carries 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, muted color, vertical marks, slight exposure variation, and handheld motion blur during the lake pan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife insert, Wyoming travel cutaway, or transition from animal encounter to quiet lakeshore landscape.
Historical context: The clip reflects a recreational encounter with wildlife and scenery in Wyoming, while the frames do not identify a specific park, lake, route, or event.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific permissions should be reviewed separately from likeness or brand concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s Wyoming 8mm black bear, vintage home movie bear near lake, old travel footage lakeshore, and historic wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Wyoming 1939 travel views, then broader 1930s home-movie wildlife, lakes, mountains, and shore landscapes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black bear walking along a dirt path near grass in supplied 1939 Wyoming 8mm home-movie footage. — A black bear moves across a dirt path at the edge of a grassy area.

Wide lakeshore view in supplied Wyoming footage, with calm water, cloudy sky, and distant shoreline. — The view shifts from the bear to a calm lake under a cloudy sky.

Soft 8mm view of a Wyoming lake, showing gray-blue water, low clouds, and land across the horizon. — A wide lake scene shows muted water and clouds with distant land beyond.

Motion-blurred lakeshore view from the 1939 Wyoming home movie, with water, cloudy sky, and dark tree shapes passing the frame. — Handheld motion blur carries the lakeshore view past dark tree shapes.

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