Utah USA-1939: Jagged Mountain Cliffs and Smooth Sandstone Walls

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

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

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Jagged Mountain Cliffs and Smooth Sandstone Walls — Clip Details

UTAH USA-1939: This vintage 8mm home movie captures two distinct mountain landscapes. The first scene reveals a towering, jagged rock formation with steep, weathered cliffs rising above a lush green forest, viewed through a natural frame of trees. The second scene shifts to a close-up of smooth, layered sandstone walls, showcasing the intricate geological strata. Shot on 8mm film, the footage displays characteristic grain, color saturation, and a nostalgic quality, offering authentic archival material for documentaries, historical projects, or nostalgic content.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124763513

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 (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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Utah 8mm home-movie mountain views for documentary inserts, regional landscape context, geology sequences, or archival travel material.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s amateur color 8mm travel footage, with no visible people, vehicles, buildings, signage, or other era-specific objects in the frames.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a visitor-shot perspective, pausing on scenic rock formations and a close sandstone wall rather than staging action or formal landmarks.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include jagged canyon walls, green trees, blue sky, shadowed rock faces, smooth layered sandstone, dark frame edges, and 8mm contact-sheet borders.
Film character: The scan shows saturated color, soft focus, handheld framing, gate shadows, grain, and uneven exposure typical of original 8mm home-movie material.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a scenic cutaway, travel transition, geological insert, or quiet memory beat between broader Utah or western landscape scenes.
Historical context: The images place an amateur camera in a dramatic western U.S. landscape, emphasizing natural rock forms and vegetation without visible human activity.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, music, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location identification, and any property-access questions still need normal review.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1930s Utah 8mm mountain footage, vintage home movie canyon walls, layered sandstone close-up, and western landscape archive clips.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Utah material, then broader 1930s western U.S. landscapes or geology footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah 8mm view of jagged mountain cliffs rising behind green trees under a pale sky. — Jagged cliffs and trees in a Utah mountain landscape.

1939 Utah 8mm frame showing steep rock formations behind a band of green trees. — Steep rock formations viewed across a line of trees.

1939 Utah 8mm close-up of smooth layered sandstone strata in warm light. — Layered sandstone wall seen in close view.

1939 Utah 8mm close view of a smooth sandstone wall with visible layered bands. — Smooth sandstone strata fill the frame near the end of the clip.

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