Wyoming USA-1939: Black Bear Foraging in Forest Path

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

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Black Bear Foraging in Forest Path — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Wyoming, USA, showing a black bear foraging along a forest path. The bear moves slowly through dappled sunlight, its dark fur contrasting with the leaf-strewn ground and surrounding trees. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, capturing a candid moment of wildlife in its natural habitat. The sequence ends with a scenic view of a lake and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. This authentic archival footage is ideal for documentaries, historical content, and nostalgic storytelling.

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: 121490676

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: Supports 1930s U.S. wildlife or travelogue requests needing 8mm home-movie footage of a black bear and a brief scenic mountain lake view.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s amateur filming through its 8mm format, handheld framing, saturated color shifts, and travel-record composition.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the bear from a cautious visitor distance, then turns to the lake landscape as a personal travel record rather than staged wildlife filming.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear on a wooded path, tree trunks, leaf-strewn ground, dappled sunlight, lake water, distant mountains, and low clouds.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, soft focus, flicker, gate edges, color drift, and slight handheld instability that preserve its physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, travel-memory cutaway, or transition from forest encounter to broader Wyoming landscape.
Historical context: The clip visually places wildlife sightseeing and scenic landscape filming within an amateur U.S. travel context, without confirming a specific park or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-based permissions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm Wyoming wildlife, black bear forest path, vintage home movie animal footage, and mountain lake travel view.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wyoming 1939 travel footage, then broader 1930s U.S. wildlife and mountain landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Black bear moves near a forest path in Wyoming archival 8mm footage dated 1939. — A black bear forages along the edge of a wooded path.

Black bear appears beside a dirt path in a wooded Wyoming setting, filmed in 8mm home-movie style. — The bear continues along the shaded forest path.

A lake and distant mountain range appear under heavy clouds in the Wyoming travel footage. — The sequence cuts to a cloudy lake and mountain view.

Clouds hang over a lake and dark mountain shoreline in the closing 1939 Wyoming landscape view. — A darker exposure shows the lake, mountains, and layered clouds.

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