Utah USA-1939: Woman Pointing to Figure in Desert

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

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Woman Pointing to Figure in Desert — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a woman in a light-colored dress and blouse standing in a vast desert landscape in Utah. She turns from the camera, points toward a distant figure on the dunes, then looks back, her shadow stretching across the sand. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and authentic 1930s home movie quality, evoking a sense of nostalgia and historical Americana.

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: 124763553

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

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: Useful for 1930s Utah home-movie requests needing a brief desert travel moment with a woman reacting to the camera and pointing toward another person.
Period detail: The light clothing, 8mm color home-movie look, and sparse desert setting may show late-1930s recreational filming in Utah, as supported by the clip metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The woman turns between the camera and a distant companion, giving the scene an informal family-travel quality rather than a staged portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a woman in light clothing, a distant standing figure, pale sand, low dune shapes, long shadows, and dark film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm color, visible grain, faded exposure, frame-edge darkening, and a handheld home-movie texture consistent with original physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, transition, or memory beat for desert travel, family vacation, or 1930s Americana sequences.
Historical context: The footage offers a small social view of people moving through an open Utah desert landscape without identifying a specific landmark or event.
Research note: People and faces are visible, so likeness and contextual review may be needed even where copyright status or licensing is separately addressed.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Utah 8mm desert home movie, woman pointing in dunes, vintage family travel footage, and 1930s American desert landscape.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Utah 1939 desert footage, and then with broader home-movie travel or dune landscape material.

Still Frames From This Clip

In 1939 Utah home-movie footage, a woman stands in a bright desert landscape while a distant person appears on the sand behind her. — Woman facing the camera in a bright desert landscape with another figure far behind.

Woman in profile looking across the desert toward a far-off person.

A side view shows the woman standing on pale Utah desert sand, with low dunes and a distant person visible beyond her. — Side view of the woman standing on sand with low dunes behind.

The woman looks back toward the camera in the Utah desert, her shadow falling across the sand while a distant figure remains behind her. — Woman looking back toward the camera, with desert sand and a distant figure beyond.

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