Wyoming-1939: Memorial Monument With Blank Plaque And Engraved Base

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

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Memorial Monument With Blank Plaque And Engraved Base — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a solemn memorial monument in Wyoming. The camera slowly tilts downward, revealing a tall stone obelisk with a blank central plaque and a smaller engraved inscription at its base. Lush trees frame the monument, with a multi-story building visible in the background. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, soft focus, and natural lighting, evoking a quiet, nostalgic atmosphere of mid-20th century Americana. This archival clip offers authentic historical texture for documentaries, editorial projects, or nostalgic content.

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: 127608219

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: 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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1939 Wyoming 8mm footage suited for documentary or museum edits needing a quiet memorial monument cutaway from late-1930s home-movie material.
Period detail: The masonry monument, mature trees, multi-story building, and black-and-white 8mm image may show a civic or campus setting in Wyoming in 1939.
Home-movie behavior: The slow downward tilt reads as a visitor-shot record of a public memorial, lingering on the obelisk and its base rather than staging action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a tall stone obelisk, blank central plaque, engraved base panel, stepped pedestal, trees, windows, and a building behind it.
Film character: The clip has soft 8mm focus, visible grain, slight exposure shifts, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a memorial insert, location-establishing cutaway, transition beat, or reflective pause in a 1930s Wyoming sequence.
Historical context: The view documents a memorial-like object in a landscaped built environment, but the monument identity and inscription are not readable here.
Research note: No people or logos are visible, but copyright status, property permissions, and monument identification should be assessed for the intended use.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm memorial monument, vintage home movie obelisk, engraved base plaque, and civic landmark cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Wyoming 1939 exteriors, then with memorial, monument, and civic-building material.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing the upper portion of a stone memorial monument with trees and a multi-story building behind it. — Upper section of a stone memorial monument with trees and a building behind it.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with the monument centered, showing its upper plaque area, trees, and background building windows. — Centered view of the monument upper section against trees and a building facade.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame revealing the memorial monument from top to stepped base, with an unreadable engraved panel near the bottom. — Fuller view of the memorial monument, including its base and lower inscription panel.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame with a brighter exposure on the monument base, stepped pedestal, unreadable plaque, and building behind it. — Bright lower view of the monument base and steps with the background building softened by exposure.

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