Wyoming USA-1939: Man in Water and Black Bear in Forest

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

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Man in Water and Black Bear in Forest — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from Wyoming, USA, in 1939 captures a man standing knee-deep in blue water, wearing a light-colored shirt and dark pants, with a hat. The scene transitions to a black bear roaming through a dark forest, its silhouette visible against the dimly lit woodland floor covered in leaves. The bear walks across a dirt path near a classic car, showcasing a natural encounter in a remote wilderness setting. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, color shifts, and a nostalgic, archival quality, offering authentic historical documentation of wildlife and human presence in the American West.

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: 121490626

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Wyoming wildlife or travel sequences needing authentic 8mm home-movie views of a black bear near forest road access.
Period detail: The car front visible in the final frame may show late-1930s motoring context, while the wooded setting and handheld framing support a visitor-made travel record.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries an unstaged roadside encounter perspective, with the camera observing a bear from a cautious distance rather than arranging a formal wildlife scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, dark tree trunks, leaf-covered ground, a dirt road, forest undergrowth, and the front of a period automobile.
Film character: Dense grain, low exposure, blue-purple color shift, soft focus, and uneven handheld framing give the scan a clear 8mm physical-film character.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a wildlife cutaway, travel-memory insert, or transition from human outdoor activity to remote forest encounter.
Historical context: The clip documents how a home-movie traveler recorded wildlife and road access in a Wyoming forest setting without making broader claims about park management or tourism.
Research note: Human likeness review is relevant because people are flagged elsewhere in the clip, and the visible automobile should be checked separately from copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1930s Wyoming 8mm home movie, black bear in forest, roadside wildlife encounter, and vintage American West travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel outdoor or water scenes, then Wyoming 1939 travel material, then broader 1930s wildlife and road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

A black bear appears in a shadowed Wyoming forest frame from archival 8mm footage, partly obscured by trunks and low light. — Black bear moving through a dim forest area, partially hidden by trees.

Black bear in a dim Wyoming forest setting, seen in soft 8mm color with tree trunks behind it. — Bear standing in the forest with its body outlined against the leaf-covered ground.

A black bear moves across the forest floor in archival Wyoming 8mm footage, with foliage and trunks surrounding it. — Bear walking through leaves and low plants in the wooded area.

A black bear stands near a dirt forest road in Wyoming, with the front of a period automobile visible at frame right. — Bear near a forest road with a vintage car parked or passing at the edge of the frame.

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