Wyoming USA-1939: Man on Boardwalk Observing Boiling Sulfur Pools at Yellowstone

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

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Man on Boardwalk Observing Boiling Sulfur Pools at... — Clip Details

WYOMING USA-1939: A vintage 8mm home movie captures a man in a dark suit and hat walking along a wooden boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park. He gestures toward the geothermal landscape as steam rises from boiling yellow sulfur pools. The scene is shot in classic 1930s Super 8 film with natural lighting, showing the rugged terrain and a parked car in the background. The footage has authentic film grain and color shifts typical of archival home movies from the era, offering a nostalgic glimpse into early 20th-century outdoor recreation and natural wonder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121490775

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: 1930s Yellowstone home-movie footage for productions needing visitor-scale views of geothermal pools and boardwalk tourism in Wyoming.
Period detail: The dark suit, brimmed hat, wooden boardwalk, and 8mm color home-movie texture support a late-1930s visitor scene, consistent with the 1939 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: A companion-style camera observes a man pausing on the boardwalk and gesturing toward the steaming pools, giving the clip an unstaged tourist record quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a suited man, brimmed hat, wooden boardwalk, steaming yellowish pools, rocky mineral edges, sparse posts, shadow, and a distant parked car.
Film character: The clip has dense 8mm grain, slight color shifts, high-contrast daylight, soft focus, and handheld framing that read as authentic physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a Yellowstone insert, travel-memory beat, geothermal cutaway, or transition into a sequence on national park visitation.
Historical context: The footage shows visitors encountering Yellowstone geothermal features from a boardwalk, reflecting public access to dramatic natural sites without making claims beyond the visible scene.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, but copyright, location, and any park-use permissions should be checked separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Yellowstone 8mm home movie, Wyoming hot springs boardwalk, sulfur pool visitor footage, and 1930s national park travel.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1939 Yellowstone or Wyoming footage, then with broader 1930s park tourism and geothermal landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Yellowstone home-movie frame showing a man on a boardwalk beside steam and mineral ground. — A visitor stands on the boardwalk beside a steaming Yellowstone thermal area.

1939 Wyoming park footage shows a suited visitor gesturing from a boardwalk near hot spring steam. — The man gestures toward the steaming thermal feature from the wooden walkway.

Yellowstone thermal pool with heavy steam, yellowish water, and mineral crust in archival 8mm footage. — Steam rises from a yellowish thermal pool bordered by pale mineral deposits.

Archival Yellowstone frame of a boiling-looking yellow thermal pool with steam and boardwalk posts beyond. — A steaming Yellowstone pool fills the frame, with walkway posts visible in the background.

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