Colorado USA-1938: Older Woman Sitting Near A River In A Calm Woods

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationColorado, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1933 Colorado

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Older Woman Sitting Near A River In A Calm Woods — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a serene woodland scene in Colorado. The footage opens on a dense forest with tall pine trees and a rocky riverbank, where a woman with light-colored hair sits quietly by the water. The natural light filters through the trees, creating a calm, contemplative mood. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, with a cool blue tint in the shadows. The woman remains still, gazing toward the camera, embodying a moment of quiet reflection in nature. This archival footage offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century life and the beauty of the Colorado wilderness.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
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: 124761023

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

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1938 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: Colorado, 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 Colorado home-movie requests needing a quiet woodland river cutaway with a visible adult figure in nature.
Period detail: The footage may show late-1930s outdoor leisure, with era support coming from the 1938 metadata rather than distinctive clothing or landmarks.
Home-movie behavior: The woman sits calmly near the stream and looks toward the camera, giving the scene an unstaged family-travel or personal outing quality.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pine woods, a shaded river or stream, rocks, dappled sunlight, a seated older woman, and heavy shadow around the frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, handheld framing, dense shadows, visible grain, cool color shifts, and exposure variation typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a reflective insert, nature transition, memory beat, or brief establishing cutaway for a Colorado woodland sequence.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private outdoor recreation in a wooded Colorado setting, without enough detail to identify a specific park or site.
Research note: A visible adult face may require likeness review, while copyright, location, and any property permissions should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1938 Colorado 8mm home movie, older woman by river, vintage woodland stream, and 1930s outdoor family footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1938 Colorado scenes, then broader vintage woods, rivers, and quiet travel moments.

Still Frames From This Clip

Colorado woodland scene on 8mm film, with tall trees, rocky ground, and a stream partly visible through shadow. — Tall trees and rocky riverbank in a shaded Colorado woods.

A dim Colorado forest view with tree trunks in front and pale water or sunlit rocks visible deeper in the scene. — Shaded trees frame a glimpse of water or bright rocks beyond.

An older light-haired woman sits near a rocky stream in a dark Colorado woodland frame, looking toward the camera. — Older woman seated quietly beside the shaded woodland stream.

A seated older woman remains near the stream in a shadowed Colorado woods scene, with rocks and water faintly visible. — Seated woman remains near the water in deep forest shade.

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