Wyoming-1939: A Mountain In The Distance Of A Large Plain And The Sign For The Old Faithful Geyser

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

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A Mountain In The Distance Of A Large Plain And The Sign... — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1939, this vintage home movie captures a scenic view from a moving vehicle in Wyoming. The footage shows a vast golden plain stretching toward distant mountains under a pale sky, with steam rising from geothermal features. The final frames focus on a sign identifying Old Faithful Geyser, confirming the location. The grainy, slightly faded color and film scratches add authentic archival charm, evoking mid-century American travel and natural wonder.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127608787

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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Topics & Keywords

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s American travel, Yellowstone tourism, geothermal landscape, or road-trip archive requests needing brief 8mm home-movie inserts.
Period detail: The 8mm color footage and roadside visitor view may show late-1930s leisure travel, with the Old Faithful sign providing a visible location clue.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has a visitor-shot perspective, first observing the geyser basin from a vehicle or window and then settling on the Old Faithful sign.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include distant mountains, open yellow plain, steam clouds, dark window or vehicle framing, geyser basin ground, and an Old Faithful Geyser sign.
Film character: Soft focus, faded color, gate edges, scratches, grain, and slight instability give the scan a physical 8mm home-movie texture.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a location-establishing insert, travel transition, Yellowstone cutaway, or memory beat in a family vacation sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents visitor attention to a prominent natural landmark and the roadside signage used to identify it for tourists.
Research note: No people or brands are visible, but the sign text and national-park location should still be reviewed for copyright, location, and property considerations.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm Wyoming travel footage, Old Faithful Geyser sign, Yellowstone home movie, geyser steam, and vintage park tourism.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then Wyoming or Yellowstone footage from 1939, then broader 1930s American road-trip and national-park material.

Still Frames From This Clip

Wyoming landscape with distant hills, pale sky, yellow plain, and steam beyond a dark window or vehicle frame in 1939 8mm footage. — A broad plain and distant mountains are seen through dark framing, with steam rising near the horizon.

A similar Wyoming vista shows a broad plain, low mountains, pale sky, and geothermal steam framed by dark vehicle or window edges. — Steam rises beyond a wide plain below low mountains, viewed from behind dark framing.

The Old Faithful Geyser sign stands in the foreground while steam spreads across the geyser basin below a dark ridge. — A sign identifies Old Faithful Geyser as steam drifts across the basin behind it.

A close view of the Old Faithful Geyser sign appears before a steaming geyser basin, with dark film or vehicle framing along the edge. — The Old Faithful Geyser sign remains centered as steam fills the background.

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