Blackwater Falls West Virginia-1938: A View Of A Big Rocky Mountain

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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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A View Of A Big Rocky Mountain — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a rugged mountain landscape in Blackwater Falls, West Virginia. The footage opens with a close-up of rocky terrain and scattered foliage under a deep purple tint, then pans upward to reveal a vast, tree-covered hillside beneath a pale blue sky. A faint vertical streak, possibly a lens flare or film artifact, appears in the upper frame. The image exhibits classic Super 8 grain, color shifts, and slight motion blur, evoking a nostalgic, archival feel. This raw, unpolished footage offers authentic historical ambiance for documentaries, period pieces, or nostalgic content.

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: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127265808

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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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s 8mm West Virginia landscape footage for productions needing an archival mountain-view insert, nature cutaway, or period travel-memory beat.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1938 visitor view of rocky terrain, sparse foliage, and a tree-covered ridge near Blackwater Falls, with no visible people, vehicles, signage, or buildings to date the scene independently.
Home-movie behavior: The footage carries a visitor-shot perspective, moving from nearby rocks and brush to a broad hillside view as a traveler records the landscape rather than a staged scene.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark rock, leaf litter, bare branches, scrubby hillside growth, pale sky, snow or light stone patches, and a distant tree-lined ridge.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, handheld framing, visible grain, color shift toward purple-blue, exposure variation, and a vertical streak that reads as physical-film or lens texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, transition, scenic cutaway, or memory fragment within a sequence about Appalachian travel, parks, or family sightseeing.
Historical context: The scene offers visual context for early amateur color home-movie documentation of natural landscapes, emphasizing terrain and scenic looking rather than built environment or public activity.
Research note: No people, faces, brands, or private interiors are visible, but users should still confirm copyright status and any location or property considerations for their intended use.
Research search match: Likely search matches include 1938 8mm West Virginia mountain landscape, Blackwater Falls rocky hillside home movie, vintage Appalachian nature view, and 1930s scenic travel footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other shots from the same reel, then with 1938 Blackwater Falls or West Virginia footage, and then with broader Appalachian mountain and vintage nature-view material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 8mm frame from Blackwater Falls showing nearby rocky terrain, scattered leaves, and bare twigs under a purple-blue film cast. — Close-up of rocky ground and brush before the view opens to the hillside.

Blackwater Falls area hillside and rocky ridge seen in a soft 1938 home-movie frame with pale sky and a vertical streak near the center. — Distant ridge and treeline appear as the camera lifts toward the mountain view.

Archival 8mm view of a rocky, tree-covered hillside near Blackwater Falls, with a pale sky and scattered light stone or snow patches. — The hillside fills the frame, with rough rock faces and sparse growth visible.

Soft 1938 home-movie frame of a rugged Blackwater Falls hillside, showing brush, rocky outcrops, and pale stone or snow patches. — A tighter view of the rocky slope shows brush and bright patches along the hillside.

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