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Wyoming USA-1939: Family Waving Goodbye To People In Car Driving Away

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

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Family Waving Goodbye To People In Car Driving Away — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from 1939 in Wyoming, USA, showing a family waving goodbye from a porch as two classic automobiles drive away down a tree-lined suburban street. The scene captures a nostalgic moment of departure, with a light-colored sedan and a dark blue car moving along the road. The film exhibits natural grain, slight color fading, and the characteristic frame edges of 8mm footage, offering authentic archival quality for historical or nostalgic projects.

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
121491007

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: 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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Topics & Keywords

  • wedding
  • waving
  • goodbye
  • driving
  • drive
  • family
  • people
  • car
  • wyoming USA
  • 1939
  • 1939 family farewell
  • vintage 8mm film
  • classic cars driving away
  • Wyoming 1939
  • home movie footage
  • waving goodbye
  • retro family scene
  • archival 1930s footage
  • 8mm home movie
  • classic automobiles
  • suburban street 1939
  • vintage film grain
  • nostalgic family moment
  • Americana history
  • old film footage
  • vintage car drive
  • 1930s family life
  • retro 8mm
  • classic car road trip

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
Useful for 1930s U.S. home-movie requests needing a brief family departure, roadside goodbye, or period automobile moment for documentary or educational editing.
Period detail
The frames show late-1930s automobiles, formal porch clothing, a wood house exterior, and a quiet tree-lined street consistent with the supplied 1939 Wyoming metadata.
Home-movie behavior
The value is in the unstaged farewell gesture, with relatives or guests waving from a porch as cars pull away down the street.
What appears in frame
Visible elements include two period cars, a residential porch with railing, waving adults, a tree-lined street, lawn edges, utility poles, and soft 8mm frame borders.
Film character
The clip has warm color fading, visible grain, mild exposure variation, and 8mm gate edges that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role
An editor could use it as a departure insert, family-memory beat, transitional cutaway, or visual shorthand for leaving after a gathering.
Historical context
The scene offers domestic social context around car travel and porch farewells in a small U.S. residential setting without identifying the family or occasion beyond supplied metadata.
Research note
People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed separately from copyright, and the residence exterior should be assessed for property sensitivity.
Research search match
Relevant search phrases include 1939 Wyoming home movie farewell, 8mm family waving goodbye, 1930s cars driving away, and vintage porch goodbye footage.
Archive pairing path
Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with 1939 Wyoming domestic scenes, and then with broader family farewell or classic car travel themes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing two period cars on a quiet tree-lined street with lawn edges and utility poles.
Two cars move along a residential street bordered by trees and grass.
1939 Wyoming home-movie frame with a light-colored period car in front and a darker car farther back on a residential road.
A light-colored car leads as another car follows down the street.
1939 Wyoming frame showing a single light-colored car moving along a tree-lined residential street in 8mm color footage.
The leading car continues away along the quiet road.
1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing adults gathered on a porch, waving toward the camera or departing cars.
A group on the porch waves goodbye from the house exterior.

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