Wyoming USA-1939: Black Bear Foraging Freely in Forest

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

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Black Bear Foraging Freely in Forest — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 showing a black bear foraging in a dense forest. The bear moves slowly through green underbrush and pine trees, its dark silhouette visible against the dappled light of the woodland. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight motion blur, and natural color fading typical of early 20th-century amateur recordings. Shot from a fixed perspective, the clip captures the bear's natural behavior in its habitat, offering a rare glimpse of wildlife from the late 1930s. The footage is ideal for historical documentaries, nature studies, or nostalgic content about early wildlife observation.

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: 121490590

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 wildlife or travel-history edits needing real 8mm home-movie footage of a black bear moving through a Wyoming forest setting.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the physical film texture and fixed amateur framing, with no buildings, clothing, vehicles, signs, or landmarks to independently date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor-observation feel, with the camera held back as the bear forages at the edge of dense woodland.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, low green underbrush, pine and leafy trees, bare soil, fallen branches, soft shadows, and dark frame borders from the film scan.
Film character: The footage shows 8mm grain, soft focus, muted color, gate edges, and slight blur that give it a physical home-movie archive texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transitional beat for outdoor recreation, nature study, or archival Wyoming sequences.
Historical context: The scene visually documents amateur wildlife observation from a distance, but the frames do not show human activity, park signage, or identifiable landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, though users should still clear copyright and confirm any location or species claims against source documentation.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s Wyoming 8mm bear footage, black bear forest foraging, vintage wildlife home movie, and early outdoor travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with other 1939 Wyoming material, then with vintage wildlife, forest, national-park, or outdoor travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black bear appears in a Wyoming forest clearing, partly silhouetted against green underbrush in vintage 8mm footage. — Black bear foraging near low vegetation at the forest edge.

The bear moves slowly across a wooded Wyoming setting, framed by dense green plants and dark tree cover. — Bear moving through underbrush in a wooded clearing.

The black bear lowers its head toward the soil and plants, suggesting foraging behavior in the Wyoming forest scene. — Bear with head lowered among plants and bare soil.

A black bear remains low near the ground in a shadowed forest clearing, with brush and trees filling the frame. — Bear low to the ground beside dense forest vegetation.

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