West Virginia-1938: Rolling Hills with Mountains and Farmland

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

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Rolling Hills with Mountains and Farmland — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1938, this vintage home movie captures a misty, overcast view of the West Virginia landscape. The scene unfolds from a high vantage point, framed by dark tree branches in the foreground, revealing rolling hills, scattered farmland, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. The grainy black-and-white image, with soft focus and subtle film wear, evokes a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of rural Americana. The camera remains steady, offering a contemplative, timeless glimpse of the region's natural beauty during a foggy day.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: ExteriorBlack & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127268441

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: Useful for 1930s rural Appalachia requests needing an atmospheric West Virginia landscape cutaway or establishing view.
Period detail: The 8mm black-and-white home-movie scan may show a late-1930s rural vista, though no buildings, vehicles, clothing, or signage provide independent dating clues.
Home-movie behavior: The scene reflects an amateur traveler or family-camera pause on a high overlook, holding on the view rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark tree trunks, overhanging branches, soft distant mountains, rolling hills, scattered farmland, shrubs, and an overcast sky.
Film character: The clip has soft focus, visible grain, slight gate edges, muted contrast, and steady 8mm framing that read as period home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as an establishing insert, reflective transition, rural memory beat, or quiet geographic cutaway.
Historical context: The view places rural West Virginia in a landscape context of hills, fields, and tree-framed overlooks without making claims about specific farms or communities.
Research note: No people, logos, or private interiors are visible, but users should still assess copyright status and any location or property concerns for their use.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1938 West Virginia 8mm landscape, 1930s Appalachian farmland view, cloudy mountain overlook, and rural home movie scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the same reel, then other 1938 West Virginia material, then related 1930s rural landscape or Appalachian countryside footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1938 West Virginia 8mm frame showing dark foreground trees around distant hills, fields, and a cloudy sky. — A tree-framed overlook opens onto hazy hills and farmland under cloud cover.

West Virginia home-movie view with a central tree trunk, distant mountain ridge, scattered fields, and soft overcast light. — A central tree trunk and nearby foliage frame the distant rural valley.

Black-and-white 8mm frame of a West Virginia hillside overlook, with foreground trees and hazy farmland below. — Foreground trees sit above a misty spread of fields and low hills.

Late-1930s West Virginia landscape frame showing dark trees at the edge of a hazy mountain and farmland vista. — Dark trees edge the frame as distant hills and farmland recede into haze.

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