Utah USA-1939: Three People Walking Among Orange Hoodoo Formations

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

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Three People Walking Among Orange Hoodoo Formations — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched landscape in Utah, featuring distinctive orange-hued hoodoos and rugged rock formations. Three people—a man in a suit and two women in dresses—walk along a dirt path through the arid terrain, framed by scattered pine trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, warm color saturation, and natural light, evoking a nostalgic mid-century American travel memory. The camera remains steady, focusing on the natural beauty and human presence in this iconic desert setting.

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: 124763414

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.

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

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: 1939 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: Utah, 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

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: 1930s Utah travel footage for productions needing a brief desert-landscape insert with visitors moving through hoodoo-like rock formations.
Period detail: The clothing may show late-1930s travel dress, with a suited man and women in dresses walking outdoors in a sunny arid landscape.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has unstaged visitor-shot value, observing companions walking along a dirt path rather than posing for the camera.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include orange and pale rock spires, a dirt path, scattered pine trees, scrubby ground, and three walking visitors.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, warm color, uneven exposure, gate edges, and home-movie grain that read as physical-film texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short travel-memory cutaway, geographic transition, or human-scale insert within a desert landscape sequence.
Historical context: The scene places well-dressed visitors in a natural Utah landscape, suggesting recreational travel without identifying a specific park or landmark.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed even where no logos, music, or private interiors are apparent.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1939 8mm Utah desert home movie, tourists walking among rock formations, and vintage hoodoo landscape footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel travel shots, then other Utah 1939 landscapes, then broader 1930s American road-trip and desert-nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah home-movie frame showing orange eroded rock formations and scattered vegetation in warm light. — Eroded orange rock formations fill the opening landscape view.

Three visitors walk along a dirt path in a Utah rock landscape, with pale formations and pine trees behind them. — Visitors move along a path below pale eroded rocks.

A suited man and a woman in a dress appear to walk toward the camera on a sandy Utah path, with rock formations behind. — Two central visitors approach the camera while a third remains near the edge of frame.

Two visitors remain centered on the path in this 1939 Utah travel frame, backed by pale eroded rock and sparse trees. — The walkers continue past trees and eroded rock formations.

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