Utah USA-1939: Man In Hat Driving Past Cabin On Mountain Road

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

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Man In Hat Driving Past Cabin On Mountain Road — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a journey through Utah's rugged landscape. The clip opens with textured rock formations, then shifts to a view from inside a moving car, showing a wooden cabin and winding road. A man in a dark hat and uniform appears briefly, adding a human element to the scenic drive. The footage features natural lighting, warm color tones, and authentic film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century American travel.

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: 124763518

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: 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 (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: 1930s 8mm Utah travel footage suited to documentary inserts about automobile touring, mountain roads, and personal road-trip records.
Period detail: The car interior, winding rural road, wood cabin, and the man's brimmed hat may show late-1930s travel and workwear details in a Utah mountain setting.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged passenger viewpoint, moving from roadside scenery to a brief close view of a man inside the vehicle.
What appears in frame: Visible details include striated rock, a curving mountain road, a small wooden cabin, trees, car windows, interior trim, and a man in a dark hat.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows warm color drift, soft focus, uneven exposure, gate edges, dust specks, and handheld framing consistent with original home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel insert, road-transition shot, scenic cutaway, or memory beat linking landscape to a human driver figure.
Historical context: The clip offers visual context for private automobile travel through rugged Utah scenery without proving a specific route, landmark, or event.
Research note: A visible adult face and possible uniform require likeness and context review, while copyright clearance remains separate from personal or property rights.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Utah 8mm road trip, vintage car interior mountain road, man in hat driving, and home movie cabin roadside.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1939 Utah travel scenes, then broader 1930s automobile touring or mountain-road home movies.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah 8mm frame showing striated rock formations beside the road, with warm film color and soft handheld framing. — Layered roadside rock fills the frame at the start of the Utah travel clip.

1939 Utah travel frame seen through a car window, with a small wooden cabin near a winding road and rocky hillside beyond. — A roadside cabin appears through the car window as the road bends through the hills.

Interior 8mm view from a moving car in Utah, showing a pale road curving past rocky slopes and trees. — The camera looks from inside the vehicle toward the curving mountain road ahead.

Brief 1939 Utah 8mm frame of an adult man in a dark brimmed hat and dark clothing inside the vehicle, with visible face detail. — A man in a dark hat appears briefly inside the car near the end of the clip.

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