West Virginia-1938: View Of Brown Bush And Tree On A Bright Sunny Day

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

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View Of Brown Bush And Tree On A Bright Sunny Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sun-drenched view of a dense brown bush and leafless tree against a bright blue sky. The footage, likely from West Virginia, shows a natural outdoor scene with a warm, golden glow filtering through the branches. The image is grainy and softly focused, characteristic of early 8mm home movies, with a dark vignette framing the edges. The camera remains steady, offering a quiet, nostalgic glimpse of a rural landscape in the late 1930s.

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: 127268303

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 (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Location: West Virginia, United States Estimated (Based on visual or technical evidence.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no independent reel-level note corroborates it.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural nature cutaways, seasonal atmosphere, or quiet exterior inserts in documentary and educational edits.
Period detail: The scene may show a West Virginia outdoor setting in 1938, with leafless trees, dense brown brush, and bright sky visible rather than date-specific built details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip reflects an unstaged home-movie pause on landscape and light, with the camera held on brush and trees rather than people or action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dense brown shrubs, bare tree branches, blue sky, strong sunlight, dark edge vignetting, and soft 8mm texture.
Film character: The footage has grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and heavy dark borders that read as physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a rural exterior insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or quiet nature cutaway between human scenes.
Historical context: As visual context, it records ordinary outdoor vegetation and sunlight in an apparent rural Appalachian setting without showing buildings or social activity.
Research note: No people, logos, music, or private interiors are visible, but copyright status and any property-location claims should be checked separately.
Research search match: Likely matches searches for 1938 8mm West Virginia nature footage, rural trees, brown brush, sunny day, vintage home movie landscape, or 1930s outdoors.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1938 West Virginia footage, then broader rural nature, trees, weather, and seasonal landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia home-movie frame showing sunlit brown brush and leafless trees under blue sky. — Sunlit brown brush and bare branches fill the frame beneath a bright sky.

A soft 8mm view of dense brown brush and dark tree shapes in a likely West Virginia outdoor setting. — Dense brush and dark tree forms appear in bright outdoor light.

Vintage 8mm frame of tangled brown vegetation, branches, and shaded ground in a rural outdoor scene. — Tangled brush and branches appear in soft, grainy light.

Final 8mm frame showing sunlit brown brush, bare tree limbs, and blue sky in the 1938 West Virginia clip. — Bright light catches the brush while bare branches cross the sky.

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