Yellowstone Wyoming USA-1958: Wild Black Bear In Forest Next To A Moving Vehicle

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationYellowstone, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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Wild Black Bear In Forest Next To A Moving Vehicle — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this vintage home movie captures a wild black bear walking along a forest road in Yellowstone National Park. The bear moves from the tree line onto the pavement, viewed from inside a moving vehicle, with the frame's edges showing the car's interior. The footage features natural daylight, dense pine trees, and the characteristic grain and color palette of mid-century Super 8 film. This authentic archival clip offers a rare glimpse of wildlife in its natural habitat during a classic American road trip.

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: 123481757

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: 1958 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: Yellowstone, 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: 1950s 8mm Yellowstone wildlife footage for documentary inserts about American road trips, park visitation, or roadside bear encounters.
Period detail: The vehicle-window viewpoint, soft color, and 8mm grain may show mid-century tourist filming from a car along a forest road.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged feel of a traveler filming quickly from inside a moving vehicle as a bear passes near the roadside.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a black bear, pine forest, paved road, partial vehicle interior, another car front, sandy roadside ground, and film-frame borders.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm texture with visible grain, contrasty daylight exposure, slight softness, and handheld framing from inside a car.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a brief wildlife insert, road-trip cutaway, memory beat, or transition into Yellowstone travel material.
Historical context: The scene reflects visitor-shot park travel imagery, with wildlife seen close to a road from the perspective of an automobile.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are indicated, but copyright, wildlife-location context, and any vehicle/property details should still be reviewed.
Research search match: Useful search phrases include 1950s 8mm Yellowstone bear, vintage home movie black bear road, and archival wildlife from car footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1958 Yellowstone or Wyoming travel clips, then broader 1950s national park wildlife and road-trip footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wild black bear walking near a paved forest road in Yellowstone, filmed from inside a vehicle in 1958 8mm footage. — A black bear moves along the roadside near pine trees as the camera looks out from a car.

Roadside sand or pale pavement detail in the Yellowstone 1958 home-movie clip, framed by dark 8mm film edges. — The camera drops to a pale roadside surface after the bear passes out of view.

Close view of pale roadside ground in the 1958 Yellowstone 8mm clip, with grain, soft focus, and film-frame borders. — A brief off-subject frame shows the road or sandy shoulder with the camera still moving.

Pale roadside ground and a dark upper edge near a road barrier in the 1958 Yellowstone home-movie footage. — The final frame holds on the roadside surface and upper road edge after the wildlife moment.

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