Wyoming-1939: View Of Frozen Waterfall And Trees On A Clear Day

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

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View Of Frozen Waterfall And Trees On A Clear Day — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a serene winter landscape in Wyoming. The footage shows a frozen waterfall cascading over terraced mineral formations, likely travertine, with steam rising from the warm water. Snow blankets the ground and steps, while dark trees frame the background under a clear sky. The grainy, slightly faded color palette and film scratches evoke a nostalgic, archival feel. The camera pans slowly across the scene, revealing the natural beauty of the geothermal feature in winter. This authentic 1930s home movie offers a rare glimpse into a historic natural landmark.

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: 127608569

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

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1930s Wyoming home-movie footage suited to documentary or museum edits needing a winter geothermal landscape, frozen water terraces, and visitor-shot natural landmark views.
Period detail: The clip may show a 1939 visitor view of terraced mineral formations in Wyoming, with period clues carried mainly by the 8mm color stock, handheld framing, and home-movie scan texture.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has the unstaged feel of a traveler pausing to pan across an outdoor landmark rather than a composed commercial landscape shot.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include snow-covered terraces, pale mineral ledges, dark winter trees, a sloped icy edge, light steam or haze, and a distant standing visitor in one frame.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, frame-edge darkness, vertical scratches, and handheld movement that mark it as physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, winter travel insert, geographic transition, or memory beat for archival sequences about Wyoming scenery and geothermal landscapes.
Historical context: The scene places leisure travel and scenic observation within a cold-weather natural setting, without enough visual evidence to identify a specific named landmark from the frames alone.
Research note: Rights review should consider copyright plus possible likeness review for the distant person visible in one frame, though no logos, minors, or private interiors are apparent.
Research search match: Useful searches include 1939 Wyoming 8mm winter landscape, frozen waterfall home movie, snow-covered mineral terraces, geothermal feature footage, and vintage travel scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Wyoming 1939 footage, then broader 1930s winter landscapes, waterfalls, mineral terraces, or home-movie travel scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing pale frozen terraces or mineral ledges bordered by dark winter trees. — Snow and pale mineral terraces fill the foreground with trees in the background.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame of frozen terraced formations, snow, and a dark wooded background. — The camera holds on snow-covered terraces and a sloped icy edge.

Soft 1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a panning view across snow, pale terraces, and dark trees. — Motion blur softens the view as the camera pans across the winter terraces.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing terraced frozen formations, possible steam, trees, and a distant standing visitor. — Terraced mineral formations fill the frame, with a small visitor visible near the upper right.

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