Wyoming USA-1939: Magpie Perched On Car Roof In Forested Mountain Landscape

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

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Magpie Perched On Car Roof In Forested Mountain Landscape — Clip Details

Vintage 1939 8mm home movie footage from Wyoming, USA, showing a black-and-white magpie perched on a car roof in a forested mountain landscape. The bird stands alert against a backdrop of dense green trees and rocky terrain, captured with the characteristic grain and color shift of early color film. The scene evokes a sense of quiet observation during a road trip, with natural light filtering through the trees and the camera remaining steady to focus on the bird's presence in the wild. This authentic archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Americana and nature observation.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 121491031

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: Useful for 1930s Wyoming home-movie requests needing a brief wildlife and mountain-road cutaway for documentary, museum, or educational edits.
Period detail: The car roof, 8mm color handling, and visitor-shot framing support the 1939 home-movie context, while the landscape details remain general rather than landmark-specific.
Home-movie behavior: The clip preserves an unstaged road-trip pause as the camera lingers on a magpie beside a forested mountain setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black-and-white magpie, car roof, evergreen trees, brush, rocky slopes, pale sky, and 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, color shift, and gate edges that read as physical 8mm archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, travel transition, Wyoming landscape cutaway, or quiet memory beat within a road-trip sequence.
Historical context: The scene reflects private travel observation in a mountain environment, with wildlife and roadside scenery recorded from a personal camera viewpoint.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright status and any vehicle or location property considerations should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming 8mm home movie, magpie on car roof, vintage mountain road footage, and forested landscape wildlife cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1939 Wyoming travel footage, then broader 1930s road-trip, mountain landscape, or bird-watching clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing a magpie standing on a car roof before trees and rocky mountain terrain. — A magpie stands alert on the roof of a parked car in a forested mountain setting.

1939 Wyoming footage frame with a magpie perched on a car roof, framed by dense trees and mountain rocks. — The bird remains perched on the car roof while the wooded mountain background stays steady.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing a bright rocky mountain slope with scattered trees and visible 8mm borders. — The view shifts from the bird to a sunlit rocky slope with scattered trees.

1939 Wyoming frame of a forested rocky mountain slope, softly rendered with pale sky and visible film texture. — A rocky, tree-covered mountainside fills the frame near the end of the clip.

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