Wyoming USA-1939: Young Otters Frolic On A Dock Near The Water

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

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Young Otters Frolic On A Dock Near The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Wyoming, USA, showing young otters frolicking on a wooden dock beside a deep blue lake. The scene is framed through a dark opening, with a weathered sign partially reading 'LIMIT PER DAY PERSON' visible in the foreground. The otters move playfully along the edge of the dock, their dark fur contrasting with the bright blue water and sunlit wood. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic look of mid-20th century amateur footage, capturing a nostalgic moment of wildlife in a natural setting.

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: 121490730

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 home-movie wildlife footage for documentary or museum sequences needing a brief cutaway of young otters moving on a lakeside dock.
Period detail: The wooden dock, painted rail, partial bag-limit sign, deep color, and 8mm framing support a late-1930s amateur travel or nature-film context.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the observational feel of a traveler or family filmmaker pausing to record animals at play rather than a staged wildlife setup.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include young dark-furred otters, a sunlit wooden dock, blue rippling water, a vertical post, foreground rail, partial limit sign, and dark film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage shows dense 8mm grain, strong blue color, mild softness, uneven exposure, and contact-sheet edge shadows that preserve its physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a wildlife insert, lakeside transition, playful memory beat, or brief cutaway within a 1930s Western travel or nature sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents casual human attention to wildlife at a dockside setting, with the partial limit sign suggesting a regulated public recreation area without naming it.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or music are indicated, but copyright status and any dock or location permissions should be reviewed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm otters on dock, vintage home movie lake wildlife, young otters frolicking by water, and 1930s amateur nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent material from the same reel, then other Wyoming 1939 lake or travel scenes, then broader vintage home-movie wildlife and dockside water footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing young otters on a sunlit wooden dock beside rippling blue water, partly framed by a rail and sign. — Young otters gather near the edge of a wooden dock beside blue water.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with young otters stretched along a wooden dock edge, blue lake water behind, and a dark foreground frame. — Otters stretch and shift along the dock edge near the water.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing an otter moving along a weathered wooden dock with blue water, rail, and partial bag-limit sign visible. — An otter moves low along the sunlit dock beside the lake.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing young otters clustered on a dock edge beside bright blue water, seen through dark film-frame borders. — Otters cluster at the dock edge with rippling blue water behind them.

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