Cheyenne Wyoming-1961: People Are Watching And Filming A Bear Family In The

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationCheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1960 Cheyenne Wyoming

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People Are Watching And Filming A Bear Family In The — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a family observing a bear family in the wild. A man in a patterned shirt and shorts stands on a roadside, watching as two black bears cross the road near classic American cars. The scene unfolds in a dense forest setting, with the grainy, color-bleached quality of Super 8 film adding to the nostalgic, archival feel. The footage documents a rare wildlife encounter during a road trip, showcasing the era's casual approach to nature and filmmaking.

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: 125291537

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: 1961 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: Cheyenne, Wyoming, 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: 1960s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a roadside wildlife encounter with travelers watching bears from cars.
Period detail: The clip may show early 1960s travel culture through mid-century cars, casual roadside stopping, and handheld amateur filming in a forested setting.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the unstaged tourist reaction as people pause, watch, and film bears crossing near traffic.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include black bears, roadside spectators, classic cars, a forest road, gravel shoulder, parked vehicles, and soft 8mm frame edges.
Film character: The footage has faded color, visible grain, soft focus, gate edges, and handheld exposure shifts typical of original 8mm home movies.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a brief insert, travel-memory beat, wildlife cutaway, or transition into a story about roadside tourism and animals.
Historical context: The scene documents a casual human-wildlife encounter where visitors remain close to bears beside a public road, reflecting behavior visible in the footage.
Research note: People are visible and may require likeness review; no logos are readable, but copyright, location, and wildlife-use context should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1961 8mm bear roadside footage, Wyoming home movie wildlife, tourists filming bears, and vintage forest road cars.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Cheyenne or 1961 travel footage, then broader 1960s roadside wildlife material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 home-movie frame showing classic cars paused on a forest road as a bear moves near the shoulder. — Travelers and cars pause on a wooded road while a bear is visible near the shoulder.

Faded 8mm frame of a forest road where cars have stopped near a bear in the roadside brush. — Stopped cars line the road as a bear appears near the wooded shoulder.

1961 roadside scene with a man standing on the shoulder while two black bears cross near mid-century cars. — A roadside viewer stands close as bears cross the pavement near parked cars.

Home-movie frame from the 1961 Wyoming clip showing a man on the roadside watching bears cross the road. — Two bears move across the road while a man and nearby cars remain close to the scene.

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