Wyoming-1939: Geyser Eruption With Steam Plume And Observers

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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Geyser Eruption With Steam Plume And Observers — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1939 captures a dramatic geyser eruption in Wyoming, its massive plume of steam and water rising against a cloudy sky. The black-and-white footage shows a rugged landscape with distant hills and a few small figures observing the natural spectacle. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and edge wear, with a dark border framing the scene. This archival clip offers a nostalgic glimpse of early 20th-century nature observation and home movie cinematography.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608204

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.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors 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: 1939 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: Wyoming, 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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s editorial sequences needing Wyoming geyser activity, visitor observation, or early home-movie views of natural phenomena.
Period detail: The black-and-white 8mm frame, soft exposure, and 1939 metadata support a late-1930s home-movie view rather than a professionally staged record.
Home-movie behavior: The camera holds from a visitor distance as small observers remain near the base of the eruption, giving the scene an unstaged travel-film perspective.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall steam plume, cloudy sky, low dark ridge, open geyser basin, tiny observers, and heavy dark film borders.
Film character: The clip carries strong 8mm texture with soft focus, visible dust, scratches, gate edges, and uneven exposure that mark it as scanned physical film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief natural-wonder insert, travel-memory beat, or transition into Wyoming landscape and park-visitor material.
Historical context: The scene shows people watching a geyser from a distance, suggesting public nature sightseeing without identifying a specific landmark beyond the Wyoming metadata.
Research note: People are visible at small scale, so likeness review may still be needed; no logos, music, or private property are apparent from these frames.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1939 Wyoming geyser eruption, 1930s 8mm home movie nature travel, steam plume observers, and vintage geyser footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then other 1939 Wyoming material, then broader geyser, park visitor, and 1930s travel-home-movie scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a geyser plume behind a low dark ridge, with tiny observers near the base. — A geyser plume rises against a cloudy sky as small figures stand near the base.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame with a pale geyser plume, cloudy sky, low ridge, and small observers near the bottom edge. — The eruption remains high in the frame, with the landscape and observers partly obscured by the film edge.

Black-and-white 8mm view from Wyoming in 1939, showing a geyser plume, low ridge, cloudy sky, and small observers. — Tiny visitors watch from below while the geyser plume softens into the cloudy sky.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with the geyser plume shifted to the right, a low ridge below it, and heavy black border at the side. — The handheld framing drifts as the steam plume and ridge move toward the right edge.

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