Utah USA-1939: View Of A Muddy Rushing River Near A Very Rocky Area Out In The

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

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View Of A Muddy Rushing River Near A Very Rocky Area Out... — Clip Details

UTAH USA-1939: A turbulent, muddy river rushes through a rugged, rocky mountain canyon. The 8mm home movie footage captures the powerful flow of water churning over stones and boulders, with steep, barren slopes rising on either side. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and natural motion blur, conveying the raw energy of the wilderness. This authentic vintage clip offers a rare glimpse of a remote natural landscape in the late 1930s.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124763374

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 (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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s-era documentary or educational edits needing archival Utah canyon river footage with no visible people or built environment.
Period detail: The frames may show 1939 8mm home-movie color with a rugged canyon landscape, but no visible clothing, vehicles, signs, or landmarks confirm the date independently.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged travel-film perspective, watching fast muddy water from a fixed or lightly handheld position near the riverbank.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include turbulent muddy water, dark boulders, rocky canyon banks, dry slopes, scattered brush, and heavy black frame edges from the scan.
Film character: The footage carries 8mm grain, soft focus, slight fading, uneven exposure, motion blur in the water, and visible frame borders that support its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short natural-forces insert, a travel-reel cutaway, or a transition into material about western landscapes, weather, or remote terrain.
Historical context: The view documents a rugged Utah river corridor as recorded by a home-movie camera, emphasizing landscape conditions rather than human activity or named infrastructure.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private property are visible, but copyright status and any location-specific access or property questions should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1930s Utah 8mm river footage, muddy canyon stream home movie, rocky western landscape, and vintage rushing water cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel travel footage, then other Utah 1939 outdoor scenes, then broader 1930s western canyon, river, and wilderness material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah 8mm frame showing turbulent muddy water running past large rocks in a rugged canyon setting. — Muddy river water churns through a rocky canyon channel.

Utah 1939 home-movie frame of a muddy river coursing through rocks, with dry slope and sparse vegetation behind it. — Fast water moves between boulders and rough canyon banks.

Vintage 8mm Utah frame showing a churning muddy river beside boulders, dry canyon ground, and sparse brush. — The current pushes through a rocky river bend in the canyon.

1939 Utah 8mm frame with muddy water surging below dark canyon rocks and scattered dry vegetation. — Muddy water surges below dark rocks at the canyon edge.

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