Wyoming-1939: Cowboys Riding Through Small Town

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

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Cowboys Riding Through Small Town — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures two men in cowboy hats riding horses through a small town street. The black-and-white footage shows them passing classic automobiles and storefronts, including a building with a 'Coca-Cola' sign and an 'Electric Service' sign. The grainy, slightly shaky perspective suggests a home-movie capture from a window or porch, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century rural life in Wyoming.

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: 127608441

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

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: Useful for 1930s Wyoming or rural Western street-life requests needing authentic home-movie footage of mounted cowboys moving through a small commercial town area.
Period detail: The frames show 1930s-era automobiles, low storefronts, utility poles, cowboy hats, and visible commercial signage including Coca-Cola and Electric Service.
Home-movie behavior: The value comes from an unstaged window or porch viewpoint as riders and horses pass through ordinary street traffic in a small town setting.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two mounted men, additional horses, storefronts, parked automobiles, utility poles, street shadows, and commercial signs.
Film character: The black-and-white 8mm scan has soft focus, gate edges, mild jitter, and visible grain that preserve the texture of a brief home-movie street observation.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a concise insert, transition, or memory beat for rural Western life, small-town streets, or prewar travel footage.
Historical context: The clip visually situates horseback riding alongside automobiles and storefront commerce in a Wyoming town, without establishing a specific event or named street.
Research note: People and brand signage are visible, so likeness, trademark, and location identification should be reviewed separately from any film copyright status.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming home movie, 8mm cowboys on horseback, small town street, rural Western storefronts, and vintage automobiles.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with Wyoming 1939 material, then with broader themes of cowboys, rural streets, and town travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing mounted riders and horses passing storefronts, automobiles, utility poles, and a Coca-Cola sign. — Mounted riders and horses pass through a small commercial street with period cars and signs.

Two cowboy-hatted riders on light and dark horses cross a Wyoming town street in 1939, with storefront signs and cars behind them. — Two riders on horseback move past small-town storefronts and parked cars.

A rider on a dark horse approaches the camera on a 1939 Wyoming street as another horse turns near storefronts and a parked car. — One mounted rider approaches while another horse moves across the street near the shops.

The final 1939 Wyoming frame shows a cowboy-hatted rider on a dark horse facing camera, with storefronts, a car, and signage behind. — A rider faces the camera as the street scene recedes behind him.

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