Wyoming USA-1939: Historical Sign Explaining Reynolds' Pass Discovery

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

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Historical Sign Explaining Reynolds' Pass Discovery — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie clip from 1939 shows a weathered informational sign at Reynolds' Pass in Wyoming. The sign, with dark text on a faded orange background, details the historical significance of the pass, including its discovery by Jim Bridger and Capt. W.F. Reynolds in 1860. The footage captures the sign's aged appearance, with visible film grain and slight camera shake, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This is a classic example of mid-20th century amateur film documenting American history and geography.

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: 121491105

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 U.S. travel, western history, and documentary cutaways needing an archival home-movie view of a historical roadside sign.
Period detail: The faded Reynolds' Pass sign, 8mm framing, and 1939 metadata place the clip in late-1930s amateur travel documentation.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, holding on the sign long enough to record its text rather than staging a scenic view.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a weathered orange sign, dark lettering, a white sign frame, vertical film scratches, soft focus, outdoor light, and dark contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, mild exposure variation, soft focus, and slight handheld instability consistent with scanned amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an insert, research cutaway, travel transition, or quiet memory beat before or after Wyoming landscape footage.
Historical context: The sign presents a local historical account of Reynolds' Pass, with the clip preserving how the site was interpreted for travelers in the 1930s.
Research note: No people, logos, or audible music are visible or flagged, but sign text, location rights, and source-film copyright should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming home movie, Reynolds' Pass sign, 8mm western travel footage, historical roadside marker, and U.S. pass history.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel shots, then Wyoming or 1939 material, then other historical marker, road trip, or western geography footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing a Reynolds' Pass historical sign in soft focus with visible 8mm film wear. — A weathered Reynolds' Pass sign fills the frame in a 1939 Wyoming travel shot.

Soft 8mm frame of the Reynolds' Pass historical sign, with faded orange surface and dark lettering visible. — The sign remains centered, showing the title and blocks of historical text.

1939 home-movie still showing the Reynolds' Pass sign, with the text softened by focus and film grain. — A close view records the Reynolds' Pass marker text in an amateur travel film style.

Final 8mm frame of the Reynolds' Pass historical sign in Wyoming, with faded color, grain, and minor scratches. — The clip ends on the same roadside historical sign, framed tightly against outdoor light.

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