Wyoming-1939: Speeding Through The Land On A Cold Day When Men Rode Horses

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

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Speeding Through The Land On A Cold Day When Men Rode Horses — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a journey through Wyoming’s rugged landscape. The sequence begins with blurred, grainy views of open terrain seen from a moving vehicle, evoking motion and speed. The final frame reveals a small town scene with men on horseback, vintage automobiles, and early 20th-century buildings under a bright sky. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain, scratches, and soft focus, offering authentic archival material for historical documentaries, nostalgic content, or period storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Black & white
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608432

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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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: Supports 1930s Wyoming travel, road-trip, small-town, and Western life requests for documentary inserts, educational programs, or period atmosphere.
Period detail: The town view may show late-1930s clues in horseback travel, boxy automobiles, utility poles, low storefronts, and a sign or logo on a roadside building.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has an unstaged traveler perspective, first looking from a moving vehicle across open land and then catching everyday street activity with riders and cars.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include open terrain, blurred roadside views, a distant structure, a small-town street, men on horseback, parked automobiles, utility poles, and storefront buildings.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, pronounced grain, high contrast, gate edges, and motion blur that read as authentic physical-film texture from a moving camera.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief travel transition, rural Wyoming establishing insert, road-motion cutaway, or memory beat before a Western town scene.
Historical context: The clip visually contrasts open land with a small town where horseback movement and automobile traffic appear together in everyday public space.
Research note: People and a visible sign or logo require likeness and brand review, while copyright status should be assessed separately from identification or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Wyoming home movie, 8mm rural road travel, 1930s small town street, men on horseback, and vintage automobile street scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wyoming 1939 material, then broader 1930s road travel, small-town, horse, and automobile footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing open terrain and a distant structure blurred by vehicle motion. — Open land passes the camera, with a faint structure in the distance and heavy motion blur.

Open Wyoming terrain in soft focus, filmed from a moving vehicle on 8mm stock in 1939. — A pale sky and flat landscape fill the frame as the camera moves past the roadside.

Moving 1939 Wyoming travel view with open ground, low horizon, and smeared roadside detail. — The vehicle continues through open country, leaving the roadside detail soft and indistinct.

1939 Wyoming town street with men on horseback, parked cars, utility poles, and low commercial buildings. — A small-town street scene shows horseback riders near vintage automobiles and storefront buildings.

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