Blackwater Falls West Virginia-1938: Scenic Drive Through Wooded Hillsides

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationBlackwater Falls, West Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 Blackwater Falls West Virginia

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Scenic Drive Through Wooded Hillsides — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a scenic drive through Blackwater Falls, West Virginia. The footage shows a winding road cutting through a rocky hillside, with dense trees lining the route under a soft, overcast sky. The film exhibits a distinct purple color cast and natural grain, characteristic of early color processes. The camera moves steadily forward, offering a nostalgic view of the natural landscape and rural roadway.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265685

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: 1938 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: Blackwater Falls, West Virginia, 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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm home-movie footage for productions needing a brief scenic driving view through wooded West Virginia hillsides.
Period detail: The frames may show a rural park road, exposed rock cuts, and wooded slopes consistent with visitor travel footage from the late 1930s.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries a visitor-shot perspective from a moving vehicle, observing landscape and roadway without staged action or visible people.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a curving road edge, pale rocky hillside, dense trees, a wooded ridge, soft sky, and dark 8mm frame borders.
Film character: The footage has visible 8mm grain, soft focus, purple color shift, uneven exposure, and handheld or vehicle-borne motion that mark its physical-film origin.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a short travel insert, landscape transition, road-trip cutaway, or memory beat within a regional history sequence.
Historical context: The scene documents automobile-era sightseeing through a wooded Appalachian landscape without visible crowds, signage, businesses, or built landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and location identification for their project.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1930s 8mm scenic road footage, Blackwater Falls West Virginia home movie, wooded hillside drive, and vintage park travel film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel shots, then other Blackwater Falls or 1938 West Virginia footage, then broader scenic road and wooded hillside material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm view near Blackwater Falls showing a rocky roadside slope, trees, and a soft sky from a moving vehicle. — A rocky roadside cut and wooded slope pass the camera during the scenic drive.

Blackwater Falls area road view with pale exposed rock, trees, and a wooded ridge in purple-shifted 8mm color. — The road curves past exposed rock and dense trees on the hillside.

Visitor-shot 1938 8mm frame of a wooded West Virginia roadway with a rocky embankment and dark frame edges. — A rocky embankment fills the roadside as the camera continues along the wooded route.

Late-1930s 8mm road scene at Blackwater Falls, with a bend, rocky slope, dense trees, and visible film borders. — The drive continues around a bend below a tree-covered hillside and exposed rock.

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