West Virginia-1938: Rhododendrons Blooming In Mountains On Clear Sunny Day

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Rhododendrons Blooming In Mountains On Clear Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched hillside in West Virginia, featuring vibrant orange rhododendrons in full bloom. The footage, framed by dark vignettes typical of Super 8, shows lush green foliage and a clear, bright day with natural light highlighting the flowers. The camera remains steady, focusing on the dense clusters of blossoms against a backdrop of trees and distant mountains. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse into mid-20th century Americana, perfect for historical documentaries, nature montages, or retro-themed projects.

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: 127268115

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: 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 West Virginia 8mm nature footage for editors needing a brief mountain wildflower cutaway or seasonal landscape insert.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly 8mm color home-movie texture and a garden or hillside bloom scene, with no buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage to date the view on-screen.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the quiet observational feel of a home-movie camera lingering on flowers during an outdoor trip rather than a staged nature study.
What appears in frame: Orange-pink rhododendron blossoms, green leaves, shaded trees, sunlit foliage, dark frame edges, and a soft mountain-garden background are visible.
Film character: The scan shows soft focus, visible grain, warm color, uneven exposure, and dark rounded frame edges consistent with small-gauge home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, memory beat, seasonal transition, or visual pause within a 1930s Appalachian or nature sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents a non-urban outdoor view of flowering shrubs in West Virginia, offering landscape context without visible people or built environment.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but copyright, location, and any property-related clearance should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1938 West Virginia 8mm rhododendrons, 1930s Appalachian flowers, vintage home movie mountain foliage, and blooming shrubs.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with nearby shots from the same reel, then other 1938 West Virginia material, then broader 1930s Appalachian nature or flower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing rhododendron blooms and leafy shrubs in shaded mountain light. — Rhododendron blossoms fill the frame behind dark rounded film edges.

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame of blooming rhododendrons on a bright mountainside or garden slope. — A dense patch of rhododendron flowers appears in bright outdoor light.

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame with rhododendron flowers filling the lower foreground beneath darker trees. — Rhododendron blooms spread across the foreground under shaded greenery.

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame of rhododendrons, leafy shrubs, and shaded trees in mountain sunlight. — Flowering shrubs sit below a darker stand of trees and sunlit foliage.

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