West Virginia-1938: Nature's Beauty In A Wooded Landscape

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

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Nature's Beauty In A Wooded Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a sun-dappled woodland scene in West Virginia. The footage begins with a close-up of textured tree bark and dense foliage, then slowly pans upward to reveal bare winter branches against a pale blue sky. The camera continues to move, revealing a garden path lined with vibrant red-leafed shrubs and leafless bushes. The image is grainy and warm-toned, with natural film grain and soft focus characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival footage evokes a quiet, nostalgic mood of nature and seasonal change.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127268326

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 documentary or museum edits needing 1930s 8mm home-movie nature footage from West Virginia as a quiet wooded landscape cutaway.
Period detail: The visible clues are mainly the 8mm color home-movie texture, handheld framing, and landscaped woodland plantings that may show a late-1930s leisure or garden setting.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged home-movie viewpoint, lingering on bark, bare branches, shrubs, and a garden path rather than presenting a formal scenic composition.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rough tree bark, leafless branches, pale sky, dense undergrowth, a garden path, bare bushes, and red-leafed shrubs.
Film character: The footage carries warm color, soft focus, visible grain, uneven exposure, and handheld movement consistent with scanned 8mm home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a nature insert, seasonal transition, memory beat, or establishing cutaway for rural West Virginia or 1930s home-movie context.
Historical context: The scene documents a private, observational view of woodland or garden plantings, showing seasonal vegetation without identifiable people, signage, or public landmarks.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible, but copyright status and any property-related permissions should be assessed separately from likeness concerns.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 West Virginia 8mm woodland, vintage home movie garden path, 1930s nature footage, and archival tree bark and shrubs.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other West Virginia 1938 material, then broader 1930s home-movie nature or seasonal landscape footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing rough tree bark in close-up with soft, pale woodland foliage behind it. — Close-up detail of tree bark and surrounding woodland growth.

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame looking upward through bare branches and dense foliage toward a pale blue sky. — Bare branches and dense woodland growth against the sky.

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing a garden path with bare bushes and red-leafed shrubs in warm, soft focus. — A wooded garden path passes red shrubs and leafless bushes.

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame with red shrubs, bare branches, and a garden path seen from a handheld home-movie viewpoint. — Red shrubs and bare branches line the garden path.

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