West Virginia-1938: Bush and Mountain on Bright Day

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Year1938
Decade1930s
LocationWest Virginia, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1938 West Virginia

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Bush and Mountain on Bright Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a dense brown bush with a mountain backdrop in West Virginia. The footage shows a natural, unfiltered landscape under bright daylight, with a distinct purple-blue sky and bare tree branches visible above the foliage. The image exhibits classic Super 8 film grain, slight color fading, and a soft focus typical of 1930s home movies. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, nostalgic glimpse of rural Americana from the era.

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: 127268296

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 rural landscape footage suited for documentary cutaways, environmental context, or quiet Americana memory sequences.
Period detail: The frames may show a late-1930s home-movie view of dormant brush, bare branches, and a distant mountain or hillside in bright daylight.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has the unstaged quality of a family camera paused on scenery rather than on a planned subject or event.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense brown brush, bare tree limbs, a blue-purple sky, dark frame edges, distant mountain forms, and bright sunlit foliage.
Film character: The 8mm image carries soft focus, visible grain, warm fading, and slight exposure variation that read as physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a nature insert, rural transition, seasonal cutaway, or reflective pause between family or travel scenes.
Historical context: The view offers modest visual context for rural outdoor surroundings in West Virginia without identifying a specific property, town, or landmark.
Research note: No people, logos, or private property are visible, but copyright and location context should still be reviewed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1930s 8mm West Virginia landscape, vintage home movie mountain view, rural brush cutaway, and sunny outdoor nature footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with 1938 West Virginia material, then with rural landscape or seasonal nature footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing dense brown brush, bare tree limbs, and a distant mountain or hillside under bright sky. — Sunlit brush and bare branches fill the foreground with a distant mountain form beyond.

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame with brown brush, leafless branches, and a hazy mountain backdrop in sunlit color. — A steady view of brown brush and leafless trees with a soft mountain backdrop.

1938 West Virginia frame showing a low, dense stand of brown brush with dark tree trunks and bare limbs in the background. — Dense brush and dark tree trunks appear in soft focus under bright outdoor light.

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame with sunlit brown brush, bare trees, and a blue-purple sky visible through the branches. — Brown brush catches bright light beneath bare trees and a blue-purple sky.

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