Colorado USA-1938: A Person Navigating a Rocky Stream

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

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A Person Navigating a Rocky Stream — Clip Details

A young person in a dark shirt and shorts carefully navigates a rocky stream in Colorado, 1938. Shot on 8mm film, the footage captures the individual balancing on wet stones as water flows rapidly around them. The scene is illuminated by natural light, creating bright reflections on the water's surface and highlighting the rugged, natural environment. The grainy texture and color palette of the vintage home movie evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering a glimpse into mid-20th century outdoor recreation.

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: 124761048

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: 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: Supports 1930s Colorado outdoor recreation or travel sequences needing brief home-movie footage of a person crossing a rocky stream.
Period detail: The clothing and color 8mm home-movie look may show late-1930s casual outdoor activity, with the 1938 Colorado setting supported by clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The value is an unstaged moment of a person carefully balancing on slick stream rocks while someone nearby films from a close vantage point.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rushing water, wet rocks, a person in dark shirt and shorts, bright sun reflections, stream shadows, and partial figures at frame edge.
Film character: The scan carries dense grain, high-contrast water highlights, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld framing typical of original small-gauge home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, or transitional insert for mountain travel, summer outing, or risky footing in nature.
Historical context: The scene gives a modest view of outdoor leisure in a rocky Colorado stream environment without identifying a specific landmark or event.
Research note: A visible person and partial nearby figures may require likeness review, while no logos, interiors, brands, or private property are evident in the frames.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 Colorado 8mm home movie, person crossing stream, rocky creek, vintage outdoor recreation, and mountain water footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel outdoor scenes, then other 1938 Colorado footage, then broader vintage stream, hiking, camping, or summer recreation material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 Colorado home-movie frame showing a rocky stream with rushing water, sunlit highlights, and dark surrounding shade. — Fast water moves through a rocky stream bed before the person enters the center of the frame.

A person in dark shirt and shorts appears to steady themself on a large rock while crossing a Colorado stream in 1938. — The person leans forward over a large wet rock while water runs behind them.

In the Colorado stream footage, the person braces a hand on a rock and steps through shallow, fast-moving water. — A hand on the rock helps the person keep balance while stepping through the stream.

The person looks down and steadies themself on a rock as bright water flows across the rocky Colorado stream bed. — The crossing continues with the person bracing against the rock as water glints in the background.

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