Wyoming-1939: Waterfall Cascading over Brown Rocks

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationWyoming, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Wyoming

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Waterfall Cascading over Brown Rocks — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a powerful waterfall cascading over rugged brown rocks in a sunlit mountain canyon. The rushing water creates white frothy rapids as it tumbles through the narrow gorge, surrounded by dark, moss-covered stone walls. The footage, likely from a family vacation, shows natural motion and film grain characteristic of early color Super 8, offering a nostalgic glimpse of Wyoming's wild landscape. The bright daylight highlights the contrast between the dark rocks and the brilliant white water, creating a dynamic and timeless natural scene.

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: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608731

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

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s Wyoming home-movie requests needing natural landscape footage of rushing water, canyon rocks, and outdoor travel scenery.
Period detail: The frames may show late-1930s amateur color 8mm travel footage, with era clues mainly in the physical film texture rather than built structures or clothing.
Home-movie behavior: The short view has an unstaged visitor-shot feel, lingering on the force of the water from nearby rocks rather than presenting a composed scenic postcard.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include white rapids, small waterfalls, brown canyon rock, dark gorge walls, a rocky bank, mossy patches, and a possible distant person near the water.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm grain, slight exposure bloom in the white water, handheld framing, and contact-sheet edge shadows that add archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, travel-memory insert, transition between Wyoming outdoor scenes, or visual beat for rushing water.
Historical context: The clip documents a tourist or family-viewed natural landscape in Wyoming without visible infrastructure, signage, or identifiable landmarks in these frames.
Research note: Human review should note a possible distant person, with no visible faces or brands; copyright and any likeness considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 Wyoming 8mm waterfall footage, vintage home movie rapids, brown rock canyon water, and 1930s outdoor travel scenery.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent same-reel Wyoming travel scenes, then other 1939 Wyoming clips, then broader vintage waterfall, canyon, and mountain-water footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing white water rushing past brown rocks, a gravel bank, and a possible distant person near the stream edge. — White rapids move past a rocky bank in a sunlit canyon view.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing foamy water moving through a narrow brown-rock canyon under bright daylight. — Rushing water fills a narrow gorge between dark rock walls.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing a compact waterfall and white rapids tumbling through rugged brown canyon rock. — A small fall drops into white water between rugged rocks.

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame showing bright white water cascading over brown rocks beside a gravelly canyon bank. — Foamy water spills over rock ledges beside a gravel bank.

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