Utah USA-1939: Donkey in Desert Landscape with Woman in Period Dress

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

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Donkey in Desert Landscape with Woman in Period Dress — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene desert landscape in Utah. A donkey with saddlebags stands calmly on sandy terrain, its silhouette framed against layered rock formations under a bright sky. The footage, marked by natural film grain and soft color tones, transitions to a woman in a light-colored dress standing in the same arid setting, holding a small object. The scene evokes a sense of quiet exploration and mid-century Americana, with authentic 8mm film texture and period detail.

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, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124763548

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Utah home-movie desert footage for documentary inserts about travel, rural landscapes, pack animals, or period leisure in the American West.
Period detail: The light dress, small handbag, donkey saddlebags, and 8mm color home-movie texture may show late-1930s travel or recreation in an arid Utah setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the casual pacing of a traveler filming a quiet desert stop, moving from the saddled donkey to a woman posing briefly for the camera.
What appears in frame: A donkey with saddlebags, sandy tracks, scrub, pale desert ground, distant rounded rock formations, bright sky, and a woman holding a small bag are visible.
Film character: Soft focus, gate edges, dust specks, slight exposure variation, muted color, and steady but informal 8mm framing give the footage physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: Editors could use it as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for desert travel, Western landscapes, period recreation, or animal-assisted touring.
Historical context: The footage visually places a private traveler or visitor in a sparsely developed desert landscape, without enough evidence to identify a specific landmark or event.
Research note: A woman's face is visible and may require likeness review; no logos, private property, or audible music are evident, but copyright and personal rights remain separate checks.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Utah 8mm desert home movie, donkey with saddlebags, woman in period dress, arid Western landscape, and vintage travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1939 Utah desert footage, then broader 1930s Western travel, pack animal, and home-movie landscape scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Utah home-movie frame showing a saddled donkey on pale desert terrain with distant rounded rock formations. — A donkey with saddlebags stands on sandy desert ground beneath distant rock formations.

A saddled donkey stands in a Utah desert view, with pale sand, sparse scrub, and low rock formations in the distance. — The donkey remains still near tracks crossing the sandy desert terrain.

Vintage 8mm view of a donkey carrying saddlebags in a Utah desert landscape, framed by sand, tracks, and distant rocks. — A saddled donkey stands in the desert as low rock formations stretch across the horizon.

A woman in a light period dress stands in the Utah desert, holding a small dark bag with pale hills behind her. — A woman poses in the bright desert landscape, holding a small dark bag at her side.

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