Utah USA-1939: Town Street and Holy Cross National Forest Sign

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationUtah, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Utah

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Town Street and Holy Cross National Forest Sign — Clip Details

UTAH USA-1939: Vintage 8mm film captures a quiet town street with a prominent 'Shrine Lodge' sign and a classic automobile parked along a dirt road. The scene transitions to a wooden sign marking 'Leaving Holy Cross National Forest,' set against a backdrop of rolling hills and sparse trees under a clear blue sky. The footage exhibits the characteristic grain and color shift of 1930s home movies, offering a nostalgic glimpse into mid-century American life and landscape.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124763368

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news and educational productions. Not permitted in advertising, commercial or branded content, or broadcast promotion.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: Utah, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s U.S. travel, small-town street, and national forest boundary inserts in documentary or educational edits.
Period detail: The clip shows a dirt town street, older automobile shapes, wood-front buildings, and a hand-lettered forest sign consistent with the supplied 1939 home-movie metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes from a traveler’s viewpoint, pausing briefly on roadside architecture and then on a forest boundary sign rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a quiet dirt street, parked automobiles, storefront-style buildings, a Shrine Lodge sign, a wooden Holy Cross National Forest sign, hills, sparse trees, and clear sky.
Film character: The 8mm scan has visible grain, soft focus, slight color shift, gate edges, and uneven exposure that read as original home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, location transition, roadside cutaway, or memory beat between town and mountain landscape scenes.
Historical context: The footage places a small settlement street beside public-land signage and open western terrain, showing travel infrastructure and scenery without visible people.
Research note: Review the visible Shrine Lodge wording and U.S. Forest Service shield for trademark or government-mark use; no likeness issues are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Utah 8mm home movie, Holy Cross National Forest sign, vintage town street, dirt road automobile, and western U.S. travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Utah 1939 travel scenes, then broader 1930s western road, national forest, and small-town material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah home-movie frame showing a dirt town street, parked cars, storefront-style buildings, and a visible Shrine Lodge sign. — A quiet town street with parked cars and a Shrine Lodge sign along the road.

A 1939 Utah street view with an older automobile in the foreground, low buildings, dirt road surface, and Shrine Lodge signage. — An older car passes or stands near the camera on a quiet dirt street.

1939 Utah frame of a wooden Leaving Holy Cross National Forest sign with U.S. Forest Service shield, rolling hills, sparse trees, and blue sky. — A wooden sign marks the boundary while hills and sparse trees fill the background.

A traveler’s 1939 Utah view of the Leaving Holy Cross National Forest sign suspended from wood posts against hills and open sky. — The forest boundary sign hangs from rough wood posts against the mountain landscape.

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