Wyoming USA-1939: Black Bear on Forest Road

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

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Black Bear on Forest Road — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Wyoming, USA, showing a black bear on a dirt forest road. The bear walks toward the camera, pauses, then turns and moves away from a classic 1930s automobile. The scene captures a rare wildlife encounter in a natural woodland setting with pine trees and dappled sunlight. The film exhibits characteristic Super 8 grain, color fading, and edge distortion, offering authentic archival footage for documentaries, nature projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121490645

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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: 1939 Wyoming home-movie wildlife footage for documentary inserts needing a brief roadside black bear encounter in a forest setting.
Period detail: The classic rounded automobile grille and visible plate area support a late-1930s road-travel context, while the bear and dirt road match the supplied Wyoming metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged traveler perspective as the camera watches a bear approach, pause, and move near a parked or stopped automobile.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, dirt forest road, tire ruts, pine trees, leaf litter, dappled light, film gate edges, and a 1930s automobile front.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, color shift, handheld framing, and dark frame edges that read as authentic home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors can use it as a short wildlife cutaway, road-trip insert, memory beat, or transitional glimpse of early automobile-era travel in the American West.
Historical context: The scene shows roadside wildlife viewed from a traveler camera, suggesting how leisure travel and animal encounters were recorded in personal film collections.
Research note: No people are visible, but the automobile plate or maker details may require review; copyright, trademark, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm bear road footage, black bear home movie, vintage wildlife car encounter, and 1930s forest road travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming travel footage, then related vintage wildlife, forest road, automobile travel, and home-movie nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Wyoming home-movie footage, a black bear faces the camera on a rutted forest road near the edge of a vintage automobile. — A black bear stands on the dirt road near a partially visible automobile.

The black bear moves along the edge of a dirt forest road while the front of a 1930s automobile appears at the right of the frame. — The bear walks near the roadside as the automobile front remains in view.

A black bear continues along the rutted forest road, with the grille and headlight of a vintage automobile visible in the background. — The bear moves down the road below the front of the parked or stopped car.

The bear turns away on the road, seen in profile against the wooded background.

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