Wyoming-1939: The Slow Descent Down The Craggy Cliff On A Clear Bright Day

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

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The Slow Descent Down The Craggy Cliff On A Clear Bright Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a slow descent down a craggy cliff in Wyoming. The footage shows rugged rock formations and evergreen trees under a clear, bright blue sky. The camera pans across the steep, sun-drenched terrain, highlighting the natural textures and shadows of the mountain landscape. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film edge borders evoke a strong sense of nostalgia and historical authenticity, offering authentic archival footage of the American West.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608527

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: 1930s Wyoming home-movie footage for productions needing a rugged Western mountain landscape insert or archival nature cutaway.
Period detail: The frames show color 8mm-era mountain scenery with film edge borders, grain, and handheld framing, but no visible people, vehicles, signage, or built landmarks to further date the scene.
Home-movie behavior: The camera behaves like a visitor's handheld view, lingering on the cliff face and slowly following the descent through steep rock and evergreen terrain.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include pale craggy rock walls, dark vertical film borders, evergreen trees, blue sky, sunlit slopes, deep shadows, and small patches of snow or bright rock.
Film character: The footage has soft 8mm color, visible grain, uneven exposure, slight fading, and contact-frame borders that preserve the physical home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a landscape insert, travel transition, wilderness cutaway, or reflective memory beat within a 1930s American West sequence.
Historical context: The clip visually documents recreational or travel filming of mountainous Wyoming terrain before modern signage or infrastructure appears in the frame.
Research note: No people, logos, brands, or private interiors are visible, but users should still verify copyright status and any location-specific property considerations.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1939 Wyoming 8mm cliff footage, 1930s American West mountain landscape, vintage home movie rocks and evergreens, and archival craggy canyon descent.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent footage from the same reel, then with other Wyoming 1939 landscapes, then with broader 1930s Western travel and mountain nature scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a pale rocky cliff, evergreen trees, and blue sky during a handheld mountain view. — A sunlit cliff face and trees fill the opening frame of the Wyoming mountain scene.

Wyoming home-movie frame with pale cliff textures, scattered evergreens, and strong sunlight on the rocky slope. — The camera moves closer across the cliff, emphasizing rock texture and sparse trees.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a steep cliff wall, vertical rock forms, evergreens, and high-contrast sunlight. — A steep section of cliff appears with darker foreground shadow and bright rock beyond.

Final Wyoming 8mm frame with tall rock spires, scattered evergreen trees, and a shadowed opening or recess in the cliff. — The view settles on jagged rock formations and trees along the rugged slope.

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