Wyoming-1939: Waterfall Cascading into Rocky River with Swimmers

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

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Waterfall Cascading into Rocky River with Swimmers — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a powerful waterfall cascading into a rocky river in Wyoming. The rushing water creates a dramatic white rush as it crashes over dark stone formations. In the foreground, a gravelly riverbank hosts a few people, some sitting and others wading in the turbulent flow, offering a sense of scale. The footage shows natural film grain and slight color fading typical of early 20th-century home movies, with a handheld perspective that emphasizes the raw power of nature. This archival clip evokes a sense of adventure and nostalgia, perfect for historical documentaries or retro-themed content.

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: 127608738

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: 1930s Wyoming 8mm footage for productions needing a brief natural-landscape insert with visible swimmers near a forceful waterfall.
Period detail: The clip may show late-1930s outdoor recreation, with small figures on a rocky riverbank providing scale rather than clear clothing or gear detail.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the visitor-shot view of people lingering and wading near rough water, recorded from a distant, observational home-movie position.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a white waterfall, dark rock walls, foaming river water, a gravel bank, scattered boulders, and small people near the waterline.
Film character: The 8mm image has soft focus, visible grain, slight color fading, high-contrast whites in the water, and a handheld home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a short cutaway, travel-memory beat, nature transition, or scale insert within a Western landscape sequence.
Historical context: The footage shows recreational access to a dramatic Wyoming water feature, but the frames do not identify the specific site or event.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, so likeness review may be needed; no logos, music, private property, or specific copyright clearance is established here.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1939 Wyoming waterfall home movie, 8mm rocky river swimmers, vintage waterfall footage, and 1930s outdoor recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Wyoming 1939 clips, then broader 1930s home movies of rivers, waterfalls, swimming, and Western travel.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Wyoming 8mm frame of a powerful waterfall, foaming river water, rocks, and distant people near the shoreline. — Distant people sit or stand near a rocky riverbank below a broad waterfall.

1939 Wyoming home-movie frame showing white water pouring over dark stone into a rocky river with distant visitors nearby. — Foaming water fills the frame while small figures remain on the gravel edge.

Soft 8mm frame from Wyoming in 1939 with cascading white water, dark rocks, a sloped gravel bank, and tiny people at the river edge. — A steep wall of white water drops beside a gravel bar with distant visitors.

1939 Wyoming 8mm still of a bright waterfall, foamy current, dark stone, and small people near boulders on the riverbank. — The waterfall continues into churning water as people remain small against the rocky setting.

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