Wyoming USA-1939: Two Otters On Dock Crawling Into The Water

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

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Two Otters On Dock Crawling Into The Water — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Wyoming, USA, showing two otters on a weathered wooden dock by a calm blue lake. The otters crawl along the planks, their dark fur contrasting with the light wood and rippling water. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, slight color fading, and natural camera shake, capturing a candid wildlife moment. The scene evokes nostalgia and historical charm, perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or vintage-themed projects.

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: 121490750

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 8mm wildlife footage from Wyoming for documentary or educational requests needing a brief otter behavior insert by water.
Period detail: The weathered dock, small boat or oar shape, and home-movie color handling may show late-1930s outdoor recreation or lakeside observation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a handheld observer filming animals as they move across a dock toward the lake.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two dark-furred otters, pale wooden planks, blue rippling water, dock posts, shadows, and a narrow boat or oar shape.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, grain, mild color fading, high-contrast shadows, and slight handheld instability as archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short wildlife cutaway, lakeside transition, or memory beat within a 1930s outdoor sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a casual lakeside wildlife encounter in Wyoming without visible people, signage, or identifiable built landmarks.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, location access, and any property concerns still require review.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm otters, vintage home movie wildlife on dock, and 1930s lake animal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel scenes, then other Wyoming 1939 lake footage, then broader vintage wildlife or dock-and-water home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

Two otters crawl across a pale wooden dock beside blue lake water in 1939 Wyoming home-movie footage. — Two otters move along the dock near the lake edge.

An otter moves low across the dock near blue water, with a dark post at the right edge of the 1939 Wyoming frame. — One otter is low on the dock near the waterline and post.

A close, soft-focused view shows an otter crossing light wooden dock planks in vintage Wyoming 8mm footage. — The otter passes close to the camera across the planks.

A dark-furred otter crosses the wooden dock in soft focus, with water and dock hardware near the top edge. — An otter moves across the dock in a close side view.

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